ISRO eyes its 100th satellite

India will launch ISRO's 100th satellite along with 30 others in a single mission on January 12 from Sriharikota, in a milestone event in the country's space history. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said it was "back in the game" with the launch, the first Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) mission after the unsuccessful launch of the navigation satellite IRNSS-1H in August last. "The 31 spacecrafts, including weather observation Cartosat-2 series will be launched by PSLV-C40," ISRO Satellite Centre (ISAC) director M Annadurai said today. More

(Source: Economic Times - Jan 11)