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PSLV-C37 Successfully Launches 104 Satellites in a Single Flight

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Re: PSLV-C37 Successfully Launches 104 Satellites in a Single Flight

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Post by happy-go-lucky »

shripadk wrote: post #18
arjie wrote: post #17

What's the hard part about deploying multiple satellites? Is it making sure they reach different orbits or is it just carrying them or something else?

The hardest part is in ensuring that the satellites are launched in different directions to avoid them colliding when being deployed in orbit. These satellites have to be in the same orbit but with increasing distance between them. From what I understand, these satellites were injected into the heliosynchronous orbit ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun-synchronous_orbit ) at different slots, different angles and at d…

> the sole idea behind deploying 104 satellites is not to create a record of some sort but to utilize the maximum capacity of the workhorse rocket (PSLV).

+1. The PSLV is one of the world's most reliable launch vehicles. It has been in service for over 20 years.

Re: PSLV-C37 Successfully Launches 104 Satellites in a Single Flight

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Wish the 11th President of India Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam were here to witness this! He was the project director of India's first Satellite Launch Vehicle (SLV-III) which successfully deployed the Rohini satellite in near-earth orbit in July 1980. Between the 1970's and 1990's, Dr. Kalam made an effort to develop the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) and SLV-III projects, both of which proved to be successful.
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