Countdown to launch 31 satellites to begin today

The countdown for the tomorrow’s satellite launch using PSLV-C44 rocket will begin this evening.

ISRO sources told that the duration and timing of the countdown will be decided in the afternoon.

This will be ISRO’s first launch this year. It would put in orbit the smallest ever satellite Kalamsat, made by students and the imaging satellite Microsat-R.

The PSLV rocket will fly in a new configuration with two



strap-on motors, namely “DL Version.”

Once the satellites are parked in their intended transfer orbits, the fourth and final stage of the rocket will be taken to a circular path around the earth and used for a few experiments as a technology demonstrator.

In the past, the engine used to be left as a space junk once the mission is completed. But this time, it will be kept alive for more days for further use in space.