Chennai, July 09: The 51-hour countdown for the 17th flight launch of Indian space agency’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle PSLV-C 15 from Sriharikota spaceport is expected to begin tomorrow morning.
Preparations were in full swing for the launch of the PSLV-C-15 on July 12. All the parameters for the launch were doing well and the 51-hour countdown was expected to start at 6 am tomorrow, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISR0) officials said.
“The rocket will put into orbit five satellites ? remote sensing satellite Cartosat-2B from India, Alsat from Algeria, two nano satellites from Canada and Switzerland, and a pico (very small) satellite called Studsat built by seven engineering students in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka”, ISRO spokesmen S Satish told PTI.
The PSLV launch was to take place on May 9 last but was postponed because of a drop in the pressure in the vehicle’s second stage.
–PTI