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PSLV-C35 Successfully launches SCATSAT-1. Seperation of the remaining 7 satellites expected to occur between 11.25 hr IST and 11.28 hr IST
Moment of immense joy & pride for India. Congratulations to @isro on successful launch of PSLV-C35/SCATSAT-1 & 7 co-passenger satellites.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) September 26, 2016
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Monday launched SCATSAT-1, a satellite for weather studies into the space. In the next two hours, it would launch seven other satellites into the orbit.
About 17 minutes after it lifted off from the First Launch Pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre here at 9.10 am, PSLV C-35 ejected SCATSAT-1 satellite in the polar sun synchronous orbit at an altitude of 730 km.
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Besides the 371 kg-weighing SCATSAT-1, a satellite for weather-related studies, the national space agency would also launch two satellites designed by Indian educational institutions (PISAT and PRATHAM), three commercial payloads from Algeria (ALSAT-1B, 2B and 1N) and one each for Canada (NLS-19) and the United States (Pathfinder-1).
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