The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle-C40 (PSLV-C40), which is scheduled for a launch on January 12 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, will mark the maiden century of satellites for the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro), said M Annadurai, director of the Isro Satellite Centre.
He was speaking at the inauguration of a two-month-long exhibition on Astrosat, India's first astronomy mission, at the Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium here.
Annadurai said of 31 satellites being carried by the PSLV-C40, three of them are Indian and one of them is the 100th satellite independently developed by Isro.
The payload from India will have the 710 kg Cartosat-2 Series Satellite for earth observation, a microsatellite and a nanosatellite.
The Chandrayaan-II, unlike the first lunar mission Chandrayaan-I, would land on the moon. A six-foot-tall rover will take soil samples and other tests to check if the observations made from the first mission were correct, he added.
He encouraged students to complete their degrees and stay in the country.
"You don't have to go to the United States of America (USA) to get opportunities. Even German, American, and European scientists are coming here," he said.
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