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Live Updates | Mission accomplished - ISRO places record 20 satellites in respective orbits

The co-passengers include satellites from the US, Canada, Germany and Indonesia as well as two satellites from Indian Universities, aclong with ISRO's PSLV-C34

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Updated : Mar 12, 2018, 05:24 AM IST

Live Updates | Mission accomplished - ISRO places record 20 satellites in respective orbits

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will launch 20 satellites from its Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) on Wednesday at 9:25am. It is one of ISRO's most expansive missions till date.

The countdown for the launch of 20 satellites including, India's earth observation Cartosat-2 Series Satellite, is in smooth progress, ISRO said.

Watch live streaming of the satellites' launch here

The countdown exercise encompasses spacecraft health checks and preparations for propellant filling operation of second stage (PS2) of PSLV-C34 is in progress. "Spacecraft health checks and preparations for propellant filling operation of second stage (PS2) of PSLV-C34 are under progress. Countdown is progressing normally," ISRO said.

According to ISRO, the total weight of all the 20 satellites is about 1,288 kg. The co-passengers include satellites from the US, Canada, Germany and Indonesia as well as two satellites from Indian Universities.

The mission would carry LAPAN A3 of Indonesia, BIROS of Germany, SKYSAT GEN 2-1 of US, MVV of Germany among the micro satellites, ISRO sources had earlier said. P

Catch the live updates of the countdown and launch here.

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22 Jun 2016, 09:51 AM
Cartosat mission accomplished. Congrats ISRO!

Proud Moment.!
PSLV-C34 / Cartosat mission accomplished. ISRO places record 20 satellites in the respective orbits. pic.twitter.com/sp3k9PiTpO
— Prasar Bharati (@prasarbharati) June 22, 2016
22 Jun 2016, 09:50 AM
PSLV-C34 / Cartosat mission accomplished. ISRO places record 20 satellites in the respective orbits.
22 Jun 2016, 09:46 AM
Fourth stage separated, two satellites have been separated.
22 Jun 2016, 09:36 AM
Pictures of the launch here:

Andhra Pradesh: ISRO launches record 20 satellites from Sriharikota pic.twitter.com/t5FnVjfzq4
— ANI (@ANI_news) June 22, 2016

Andhra Pradesh: ISRO launches record 20 satellites from Sriharikota pic.twitter.com/57tUEyscve
— ANI (@ANI_news) June 22, 2016

Andhra: PSLV C-34 with 20 satellites, including India's Cartosat-2 series, lifts off from spaceport of Sriharikota. pic.twitter.com/xuQU7gX4cE
— ANI (@ANI_news) June 22, 2016
22 Jun 2016, 09:34 AM
Fourth stage of the launch ignited.
22 Jun 2016, 09:33 AM
Third stage of the launch ignited.
22 Jun 2016, 09:28 AM
Second stage of the launch ignited.
22 Jun 2016, 09:26 AM
PSLV-C34 launched by ISRO. PSLV C-34 with 20 satellites, including India's Cartosat-2 series, lifts off from spaceport of Sriharikota
22 Jun 2016, 09:24 AM
All you need to know about India's satellite
The cartosat-2 series satellite is the primary satellite carried by PSLV-C34.
Watch live now on @DDNational.! pic.twitter.com/kvKMiU3QzW
— Prasar Bharati (@prasarbharati) June 22, 2016
22 Jun 2016, 09:04 AM
MoS PMO Jitendra Singh spoke about the launch record 20 satellites by ISRO today. "Yet another feather in the cap of team ISRO. After this launch by ISRO, India would be able to have a much better satellite oriented facility for a wide variety of applications. Matter of satisfaction that among these 20 satellites, we have some of them from US, Indonesia, Canada," he said.
22 Jun 2016, 09:00 AM
Preparations at the launch centre at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh.

Andhra Pradesh: ISRO set to launch record 20 satellites today from Sriharikota at 9:26 am pic.twitter.com/nDxZNjchDT
— ANI (@ANI_news) June 22, 2016

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