Gearing up for the mission to launch 20 satellites on a single rocket, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Monday commenced the 48-hour countdown for the launch of PSLV C-34 rocket. It will lift off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota at 9.25 a.m. on June 22.
Apart from a Cartosat-2 series satellite, the rocket will also launch LAPAN-A3 (Indonesia), BIROS (Germany), M3MSat (Canada), SkySat Gen2-1 (U.S.), GHGSat-D (Canada), 12 Dove Satellites (U.S.), Sathyabamasat (Sathyabama University, Chennai) and Swayam satellites (College of Engineering, Pune). The 725.5-kg Cartosat-2 series satellite will enhance Earth observation.
Apart from a Cartosat-2 series satellite, the rocket will also launch LAPAN-A3 (Indonesia), BIROS (Germany), M3MSat (Canada), SkySat Gen2-1 (U.S.), GHGSat-D (Canada), 12 Dove Satellites (U.S.), Sathyabamasat (Sathyabama University, Chennai) and Swayam satellites (College of Engineering, Pune). The 725.5-kg Cartosat-2 series satellite will enhance Earth observation.