Indian Space Research Organization

Cartosat-2D & 103 others

PSLV XL

SUCCESS
Success

Wednesday, February 15, 2017 · 03:58 UTC

Mission

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Cartosat 2D is a remote sensing satellite for ISRO and is tasked with land observation from sun-synchronous orbit. It is launched along with 103 small satellites of foreign companies and research groups. Among these, 88 cubesats are Earth-imaging Dove satellites operated by Planet Labs company.

Mission Type

Earth Science

Orbit

Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)

Probability

N/A

Status

Launch Successful

Vehicle & Pad

/02

Rocket

PSLV XL

Variant: XL

Launch Pad

Satish Dhawan Space Centre First Launch Pad

Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India

13.733° N, 80.235° E

38

Pad Launches

58

Location Launches

54

Agency Launches

9

Orbital This Year

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