Jan 10 2007
From The Space Library
The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) successfully launched four spacecraft aboard its Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle C7 (PSLV-C7), from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at 9:24 a.m. (IST). The PSLV-C7 carried the 680-kilogram (1,500-pound) Cartosat-2, an Indian Remote Sensing (IRS) satellite; ISRO’s 550-kilogram (1,213-pound) SRE-1 (Space Capsule Recovery Experiment-1); the Indonesian microsatellite Lapan-Tubsat; and the 6-kilogram (13-pound) PehuenSat-1, an Argentinean nanosatellite. Cartosat-2, designed to provide scene-specific spot imagery, joined six IRS satellites already in service. ISRO planned to keep SRE-1 in orbit for 11 days before testing its reentry technology. While in orbit, the craft would conduct microgravity experiments. Lapan-Tubsat, the first Indonesian-built satellite, was a technology-demonstrator craft carrying two color cameras. The University of Comahue of Argentina, the Amateur Satellite Association of Argentina, and the Argentina Association for Space Technology had built PehuenSat-1 to provide a platform for Argentinean university students to perform amateur radio experiments.
Spacewarn Bulletin, no. 639, 31 January 2007, http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarn/spx639.html (accessed 4 November 2009); Chris Bergen, “India’s PSLV Launches Successfully,” NASASpaceflight.com, 9 January 2007, http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2007/01/indias-pslv-launches-successfully/(accessed 4 March 2010); K. N. Arun for Associated Press, “India Launches Rocket To Test Re-entry,” 10 January 2007.
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