Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has successfully launched 20 satellites in a single launch mission onboard Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle ‘PSLV-C34’ on June 22, 2016 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota. These satellites are (i) Indian CARTOSAT-2 series of satellite (weighing 727 kg); (ii) 2 University/academic institute’s satellites (weighing 2.5 kg) namely SWAYAM (College of Engineering, Pune) & SATHYABAMASAT (Sathyabama University, Chennai) and 17 satellites (total weighing 555 kg) of foreign customers.
Seventeen satellites of foreign customers from 4 countries were launched. These satellites are LAPAN-A3 (Indonesia); BIROS (Germany); M3MSat & GHGSat-D (Canada); and SkySat-Gen2-1 & twelve Dove satellites (USA).
Through launch of these 17 foreign satellites, Antrix Corporation Ltd. has earned revenue of 10.24 Million Euros and 4.54 Million USD.
ISRO executes its missions in a professional manner by proper planning of the missions and conducting thorough reviews to ensure timely realisation.
As of now, there are no approved programmes leading to space station activities.
This information was provided by the Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Development of North-Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh in written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.
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