{"id":16033,"date":"2016-09-28T09:10:37","date_gmt":"2016-09-28T09:10:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=16033"},"modified":"2016-09-28T09:10:37","modified_gmt":"2016-09-28T09:10:37","slug":"isro-successfully-launched-eight-satellites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/isro-successfully-launched-eight-satellites\/","title":{"rendered":"ISRO successfully launched eight satellites"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Question: Recently Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully launched eight satellites from one rocket into two different orbits. This was-<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) 37th Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle<br \/>\n(b) 35th Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle<br \/>\n(c) 34th Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle<br \/>\n(d) 33th Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle<br \/>\n<strong>Ans: (a)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Related facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">On 26 September 2016 Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully launched eight satellites from one rocket into two different orbits.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">This was one of the longest and most complex missions undertaken by ISRO.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">The main satellite was SCATSAT-1 that will enhance the study of ocean and weather conditions.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">The 37th Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle or PSLV took off successfully from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">This Launch vehicle carried eight satellites &#8211; three from India, three from Algeria, and one each from Canada and the US.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">The total weight of all the eight satellites carried on-board PSLV-C35 was 675 kg.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">This launch was ISRO&#8217;s longest mission spread over two hours and fifteen minutes.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">After a flight of 16 minutes 56 seconds, the vehicle achieved a polar Sun Synchronous Orbit of 724 km inclined at an angle of 98.1 degree to the equator (very close to the intended orbit).<br \/>\n\u2022 After separation, the two solar arrays of SCATSAT-1 satellite were deployed automatically and ISRO&#8217;s Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC) at Bangalore took over the control of the satellite.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">37 seconds later the primary satellite SCATSAT-1 was separated from the PSLV fourth stage.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">The rocket&#8217;s main cargo was the 371 kg SCATSAT-1 for ocean and weather related studies. It is meant for weather forecasting, along with detection and tracking of cyclones.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">The satellite will be capable of Long term imaging of the earth surface under identical illumination conditions.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">SCATSAT-1 was accompanied by two other satellites developed by students in India.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Pratham, a 10-kg satellite developed by students of IIT Bombay, will study the total electron count in space.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">The 5.25-kg PISAT made by students of Bengaluru&#8217;s PES University will take pictures of earth, with focus on India.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Reference:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/pib.nic.in\/newsite\/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=151114\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/pib.nic.in\/newsite\/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=151114<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.isro.gov.in\/update\/26-sep-2016\/pslv-c35-successfully-launches-eight-satellites-two-different-orbits-single\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.isro.gov.in\/update\/26-sep-2016\/pslv-c35-successfully-launches-eight-satellites-two-different-orbits-single<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/india-news\/in-isros-longest-mission-rocket-launched-with-8-satellites-1466389\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/india-news\/in-isros-longest-mission-rocket-launched-with-8-satellites-1466389<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ddinews.gov.in\/Home%20-%20Headlines\/Pages\/isro12.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/ddinews.gov.in\/Home%20-%20Headlines\/Pages\/isro12.aspx<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/scroll.in\/latest\/817483\/isro-launches-37th-polar-satellite-launch-vehicle-from-sriharikota\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/scroll.in\/latest\/817483\/isro-launches-37th-polar-satellite-launch-vehicle-from-sriharikota<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: Recently Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully launched eight satellites from one rocket into two different orbits. This was- (a) 37th Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (b) 35th Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (c) 34th Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (d) 33th Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle Ans: (a) Related facts: On 26 September 2016 Indian Space Research [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16022,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1131],"tags":[2377],"class_list":["post-16033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dssn","tag-defensescience-short-notes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16033"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16033\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}