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PSLV C-38/Cartosat Series 2 Satellite

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Indian space research organisation ( ISRO ) is being located in India , trying to overtake NASA by the upcoming years . So, far ISRO doing an unbelivable records and acheivements in the recent days . Yet ,they had done an another remarkable acheivement by sending 31 satellites using PSLV C-38 . ISRO already having a record launch of 104 satellites into the orbit at an single launch . On june 23 2017 , India's polar satellite launching vehicle made it's 40 flight using PSLV C-38 . It contains a cartosat 2 series weighed 712 kg , 30 co passenger satellites weighed of 243 kg ,out of them 29 are nano satellites .The satellites are positioned in the space around 505 km from the earths orbit . The total satellites carried by PSLV C-38 is 955 kg . The launch was done from Satish Dawan Space Centre, Sriharikota , Andhra pradesh , India . The 30 co passengers satellites are from other countries such as Lithuania, Lativia, Japan, Italy, Germany, France, Czech republic, Austria,...

MANGALYAAN 1000 DAYS COMPLETED

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Mangalyaan was an satellite sent by Indian space research organisation ( ISRO ) and active since 2014. It was sent to Mars for collecting deatils about mars and it's planet nature. At the starting it was belived to be inactive around 6 months . Surprisingly Mangalyaan ,still running on Mars surface . Mangalyaan completed it's 1000 days at Mars on 19/06/2017. ISRO estimates that Mangalyaan lifetime is 365 days more at mars . India sent this rover at a cost of $ 39 million . No, country has NEVER ever sent rovers to mars at this much of low cost 

CHANDRAYAAN - 2

                                      Chandrayaan 2 is  india's second lunar exploration satellite for moon set to launch in dec 2018 . Chandrayaan 2 is planned to launch with the help of geo - stationary satellites ( GSLV ) . India , already reached its successful landing in moon on nov 14, 2008 by chandrayaan 1 using PSLV C11.                                           Chandrayaan 2 should consists of orbiter , rover and lander . ISRO is planning to launch chandrayaan 2 on first quarter . The mission is planned to launch from satish dawan spac ecentre , sri harikota  island . Specifications : Operator : Indian space research organisation . Mission type : Lunar orbiter , Lander , Rover. Mission duration : Orbiter - 1 year           ...