Chennai: The first mission of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) this year is to put Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO’s) Microsat-R Satellite, an imaging satellite and Kalamsat, into the outerspace tonight.
The satellites will be carried onboard Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) C-44 which will be launched around 11.37 pm tonight from the First Launch Pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota. The satellite would be placed within 15 minutes after take-off in a polar orbit 274 km away from Earth. This would start functioning at an altitude of 450km in about the 103th minute after lift-off.
