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India to launch its 100th satellite
The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) will also be ISRO's 40th space mission.
India would be launching its 100th satellite into the space on Friday along with 30 other satellites, including 28 from six other countries from its spaceport at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh, said a top space agency official on Tuesday.
“Of the three Indian spacecraft being launched on January 12, — the 100kg micro satellite will be the 100th that will be ejected out of the rocket last into the earth’s orbit,” Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Satellite Centre Director M. Annadurai said
The other two Indian satellites are 710 kg Cartosat in 2 series for earth observation and a 5 kg nano satellite.
“With these three satellites, ISRO would have sent 100 satellites into the space. We are all eagerly waiting for that. It will be a maiden century,” said Annadurai, on the sidelines of a space expo in the city.