All you want to Know about PSLV-C21 which will be launched on Sep 9 2012:
* India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-21) will be launched from the spaceport at Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC),Sriharikota, which will be its 100th mission.
* It will put into orbit the French earth observation satellite Spot-6 and Japanese micro-satellite Proiteres.
* The PSLV rocket has successfully launched a total of 53 satellites out of 54 it has carried; ISRO has launched all its 27 foreign satellites successfully.
*The
715-kg French satellite, SPOT 6
, which is an earth observation satellite, will be the
heaviest foreign satellite
to be launched so far by PSLV.
* This will be the
22nd PSLV mission
. In its previous 21 missions, the four-stage PSLV had 20 successful flights till April this year.
* Spot-6 is capable of
imaging the earth with a
resolution of 1.5 metres.
The latest generation optical remote sensing satellite is
built by Astrium
, a European space technology company.
* Proiteres is intended to study powered flight of a small satellite by an electric thruster and
observe Kansai district of Japan
with a high-resolution camera.
* India began its space journey in 1975 with the launch of Aryabhatta satellite using a Russian rocket.
* The PSLV rocket has successfully launched a total of 53 satellites out of 54 it has carried; ISRO has launched all its 27 foreign satellites successfully.
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* Spot-6 is capable of
* Proiteres is intended to study powered flight of a small satellite by an electric thruster and
* India began its space journey in 1975 with the launch of Aryabhatta satellite using a Russian rocket.