Sources from Sriharikota have stated that Indian Space Research Organization on Monday successfully placed advanced weather satellite SCATSAT-1 and seven other Satellites in orbits in its longest ever launch mission, which spanned over two hours and 15 minutes.
It is for the first time that satellites were
placed in two different orbits with a single rocket. Vikram Sarabhai Space
Centre director K Sivan has said and the rocket has placed all the satellites
in precise orbits and the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C35) carrying
the eight satellites has taken off from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota
at 9.12am.
It was added that SCATSAT-1, which will provide weather forecast including cyclone detection and tracking, will succeed the now defunct Oceansat-2 satellite launched in 2009 and the Isro chairman A S Kiran Kumar has said SCATSAT-1 would be a stop gap arrangement between Oceansat-1 and Oceansat-2.
Kiran Kumar has also said assembling of various stages for GSLV Mark III began on Sunday and they are gearing up for the launch at the earliest and" GSAT18 would be launched on July 4th.