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Isro to launch Cartosat-2 along with 30 smaller satellites on Friday

The satellites will be carried by Isro's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV), in PSLV-C38

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T E Narasimhan Chennai
The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) is gearing up to launch a satellite in its Cartosat-2 series, for earth observation, along with 30 co-passenger satellites.
 
All these will be carried into space by Isro’s work horse, the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV), in its 40th flight — this one titled PSLV-C38. The rocket is scheduled to take off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota (an island off the Andhra coast, about 100 km from Chennai) space port on Friday, at 9.29 am.
 
The rocket will carry the 712-kg Cartosat-2 series satellite and the other 30, the

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