PSLV's thirteenth flight on Apr 28th successfully deployed the payload of 10 satellites that it carried. The main one was the the Cartosat 2A, Indian mini satellite IMS-1. The mini satellite is going to be a test vehicle of future technologies. Cartosat , of course, is the mapping vehicle of the dept of space. These two were the heavyweights. Cartosat is 690 kg, the minisat is 83 kg respectively.
The other eight were micro satellites from universities and research institutes in Canada and Germany. Sapce technology surely has come a long way since the late seventies and early eighties when I had first contacts with the ISRO ( Indian Space Research Organization) ever!!
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