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RE: Cartosat-2B

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With the successful launch of Cartosat-2B on Monday, India has reached a 'critical constellation' of 10 active remote sensing satellites in space, which gives it a clear edge in the region for monitoring borders and movements across them.
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India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C15), today (on July 12, 2010) successfully launched CARTOSAT-2B from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR, Sriharikota. The launch of PSLV-C15 was the sixteenth consecutive successful flight of PSLV.
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In a textbook launch, India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) on Monday successfully placed into orbit remote sensing satellite Cartosat-2B and four other satellites after a perfect lift off from the spaceport here.
At the end of an over 51-hour countdown, the 44.4 metre-tall four-stage PSLV-C-15, costing Rs 260 crore, blasted off from a launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre with ignition of the core first stage and placed the satellites in orbit one after the other.
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PSLV-C15 launch successful

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PSLV C-15 Grand Success !! - Operation Live From SHAAR

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ISRO's PSLV-C15 launched from Sriharikota part 1

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Timeline
T plus 0.0 PS1 Ignition
T plus 113.3 PS2 Ignition
T plus 182.4 Heat Shield Separation
T plus 264.9 PS3 Ignition
T plus 527.9 PS4 Ignition
T plus 1034.2 PS4 thrust cut-off
T plus 1071.2 Cartosat-2B separation
T plus 1106.2 DLA-U separation
T plus 1146.2 Alsat-2A separation
T plus 1169.4 TIsat-1 separation
T plus 1219.4 AISSat-1 separation
T plus 1236.2 STUDSAT separation

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Countdown begins for launch of ISRO's PSLV-C15

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SATELLITE LAUNCH

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PSLV-C15 is planned to launch India's Cartosat-2B, an Algerian satellite ALSAT-2A, two nano satellites (Nanosatellite Launch Service) NLS-6.1 and NLS-6.2 from University of Toronto, Canada and STUDSAT, a satellite built by students from academic institutions in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. The NLS-6 cluster is comprised of two nanosatellites: AISSat-1 and TIsat-1.

TLE Data (predicted)

TISAT1
 1 99998U 10034Y   10193.17708333  .00002592  00000-0  35304-3 0 00007
 2 99998 098.1177 252.3288 0008033 272.0048 315.2117 14.78702228001648

AISSAT1
 1 99999U 10034Z   10193.17708333  .00002657  00000-0  35654-3 0 00008
 2 99999 098.0606 252.1921 0004098 283.8258 303.3868 14.79347212001647

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PSLV-C15 countdown progressing well, launch tomorrow

The stage is set for the launch of Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C15) carrying five payloads, including India's remote sensing satellite Cartosat-2B, from the spaceport in Sriharikota tomorrow.
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