Tuesday, April 19, 2011

CHENNAI: The 54.5-hour countdown for the April 20 launch of the PSLV rocket,

The countdown for the April 20 launch of the PSLV-C16 mission, that will put the country's latest remote sensing spacecraft Resourcesat-2 and two small satellites 822 km above Earth, began in the early hours today at the spaceport of Sriharikota near here. Indian Space Research Organisation's workho
rse Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle will carry three payloads weighing 1,404 kg in total and put them in Polar Sun Synchronous Orbit, 822 km above Earth on its 18th mission.


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