# On January 12,2018 ISRO complected its century satellite launch. ISRO launched Cartosat 2 series satellite along with other 31 co-passenger satellites from the Sriharikota space station, Andra Pradesh.
# Cartosat 2 series satellite was the continued launch of earth observational satellite series. The satellites were launched in PSLV C-40. Cartosat Satellite was successfully ejected from the vehicle and entered the polar synchronous orbit at 9:47 am.
# Cartosat series was the earth observational satellite series which was indigenously developed by India.
# PSLV C-40 lifted a total weight of 1323 kg including 710 kg Cartosat 2 series and other nanosatellites of 613kg.
# The nanosatellites are launched because of the commercial agreement between ISRO's commercial arm Antrix Corporation Limited and other countries.
# The 29 nanosatellites launched with Cartosat 2 satellite is from USA, Canada, Finland, France, Briton and South Koriya.
# The launch was the proof of ISRO's efficiency and reliability among the world space agency.
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