Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) did the country proud with its sensational accomplishments. According to the latest ISRO is getting ready to create world record as India is planning to revist the Red Planet, Mars soon.
ISRO is readying for the mega launch this week when it is se to place 104 satellites in space in a single launch. Till now no other country tried to hit a century in single mission. Russia is holding the record of placing 37 satellites.
ISRO's mission is on Feb 15 and in a significant development it is also uniting rivals Israel and Arab world for the first time. Out of 104 satellites, there is one satellite each from Israel and Dubai. 88 satellites are from USA. The satellites are from a single American organization, Planet, located in California.
ISRO official revealed “The last satellite which was included was from a private firm in Dubai and is a nano satellite. It is significant that we have brought together Israel and the Arab world,'' Government increased allocation of funds in the budget by 23%.
Mission to Mars is slated for 221-2022 and it may also involve putting a robot on the Martian surface. While India's first Mars mission in 2013 was a purely indigenous, the French space agency wants to collaborate in making the Mars rover. India's maiden mission to Venus, the second planet of the solar system named after the Roman goddess of love and beauty , is in all probability going to be a modest orbiter mission.
