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Saturday, September 15, 2018

ISRO to Launch Two Earth Observation Satellites From Sriharikota Today Sunday Sep 16,2018

The 33-hour countdown for the launch of two earth observation satellites on-board PSLV from the space port of Sriharikota, about 110 kilometers from here, began at 1.08 pm on Saturday Sep 15,2018

The Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) trusted workhorse Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle-C42 (PSLV) would carry the satellites, NovaSAR and S1-4, together weighing over 800 kilograms, at lift off on Sunday at 10.07 pm, ISRO said in a release.


This would be the 44th flight of the PSLV and the third launch by ISRO this year.

In January, PSLV-C40 launched India's weather observation satellite Cartosat 2 Series and PSLV-C41 launched IRNSS - 1I navigation satellite in April.

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