'100 Not Out' - Twitter Joins Celebrations After ISRO’s Successful Launch

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launched its 100th satellite from the port of Sriharikota on Friday morning Jan 12,2018, the space agency’s last lift-off under the chairmanship of AS Kiran Kumar.

ISRO ✔ @isro

PSLV-C40 Successfully Launches Cartosat-2 Series Satellite along with 30 Co-passenger Satelliteshttps://www.isro.gov.in/launcher/pslv-c40-cartosat-2-series-satellite-mission …

12:35 PM - Jan 12, 2018

On its 42nd mission, ISRO trusted workhorse 'PSLV-C40' carried the weather observation 'Cartosat-2' series satellite and 30 co-passengers (together weighing about 613 kg) at 9.28 am.

The 30 other satellites comprise one micro and nanosatellite each from India as well as three micro and 25 nanosatellites from six countries — Canada, Finland, France, Korea, the United Kingdom and The United States of America.

 

Google India ✔ @GoogleIndia

Mission one of 2018, and they've scored the century already. Congratulations #ISRO on launching the 100th Indian satellite.

3:34 PM - Jan 12, 2018

Google India ✔ @GoogleIndia

Mission one of 2018, and they've scored the century already. Congratulations #ISRO on launching the 100th Indian satellite.

3:34 PM - Jan 12, 2018