ISRO's 100th mission                                            

(kerala psc tricks)

ans:PSLV-C21

•  An Indian rocket carrying two satellites blasted off from the first launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre here in Andhra Pradesh on 9th september 2012 (Sunday), with the launch being witnessed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

  •  The rocket carried two foreign satellites - SPOT 6, a French satellite and a Japanese micro satellite called Proiteres.

  •  The cost of the rocket is around Rs.75 crores.

  •  The PSLV-C21 rocket is expected to deliver SPOT 6 and Proiteres into a 655 km polar orbit.

     

   

  
  
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  Read more at: http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/isro-100-mission-pslv-into-space-sriharikota/1/216596.html