ISRO on Saturday said an Indo-French satellite, which was launched from Sriharikota to study climatic and atmospheric changes in tropical regions, has been put in its final orbital configuration and "is in good health". Read more
India successfully launches monsoon research satellite
India has successfully launched a new satellite, the Megha-Tropiques, to study the patterns of the monsoon. The one-tonne satellite was one of four spacecraft fired into orbit on Wednesday from Sriharikota, about 80km from Madras. The Megha-Tropiques satellite is a joint venture with France. Read more
PSLV-C18 carrying weather satellite launched PSLV-C18, the Indian rocket carrying the Indo-French tropical weather satellite Megha-Tropiques and three other smaller satellites on Wednesday blasted off from the first launch pad at the space port here. Read more
PSLV-C 18 Successfully Puts In Orbit Four Satellites
An Indo-French satellite Megha-Tropiques was today successfully placed in orbit by PSLV-C18 rocket in a perfect launch from Satish Dhawan Space Centre as part of a key mission that will help understand global tropical weather.
India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C18) demonstrated its reliability once again when it put successfully four satellites in orbit on Wednesday. The satellites were: Megha-Tropiques, an Indo-French satellite to study the weather and climate in the tropical region of the world; SRMSat built by the students of SRM university, near Chennai; Jugnu, built by the students of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur; and Vesselsat from Luxembourg. This was the 19th consecutively successful mission of the PSLV out of 20 launches from 1993. Read more
PSLV-C18 will inject Megha-Tropiques satellite into an orbit of 867 km altitude at an inclination of 20 deg with respect to equator. PSLV will also inject SRMSat from SRM University, Chennai, JUGNU from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur and Vesselsat-1 from Luxembourg. Read more