Over 30 different satellite launches ahead for ISRO in December

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is preparing to launch a remote sensing satellite of Cartosat-2 series in December.

As per a report in The Times of India, the launch which is the first after the failure of IRNSS-1H, will also include 30 nanosatellites belonging to different foreign countries.

Dr K Sivan, director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), was quoted in the report, "Isro will be busy in launching a series of satellites from December onwards. We are targeting to launch Cartosat along with 30 nanosatellites of foreign countries in the second half of December."

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The launch will be of utmost importance as it would grab widespread attention as it comes after the failure of ISRO’s last satellite, IRNSS-1H. According to Sivan, ISRO has taken corrective measures after the failure. “After the IRNSS-1H satellite failure, corrective measures will be taken in all rockets before the launches… initial findings suggested a defect in the pyro elements of the rocket which deal with the stage separation mechanism.”

The ISRO is all set to go on a busy launching schedule from December onwards. This will include the launching of three GSLV series satellites.