A Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) in “XL” configuration launched the CARTOSAT – 2 Earth observation satellite, along with 103 co-passenger satellites, from the First Launch Pad (FLP) of Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR, Sriharikota, on 15 February 2017, at 03:58 UTC (09:28 IST). The co-passenger satellites comprise 101 nano satellites, one each from Israel, Kazakhstan, The Netherlands, Switzerland, United Arab Emirates (UAE) and 96 from United States of America (USA), as well as two Nano satellites from India. The total weight of all the satellites carried onboard PSLV-C37 is about 1378 kg. PSLV-C37 also carries two ISRO Nano satellites (INS-1A and INS-1B), as co-passenger satellites.
Credit:
Indian Space Research Organisation(ISRO)
