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Indian scientists on Friday night launched five British satellites into orbit from the Sriharikota space port. The lift-off at 9:58 pm was successful, the space agency said.
For this special launch, Britain not only rented premium space from the Indian Space Research Organisation or ISRO, but its Surrey Satellite Technology Limited also hired an entire rocket for the first time.
The 320 tonne (320,000 kilograms) rocket is as tall as a 15-storey building and will hoist, apart from a constellation of three disaster-monitoring satellites, two smaller experimental satellites into space. The total weight of the British satellites is 1440kg, making this the heaviest commercial launch ever to be undertaken by India.
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Five British Satellites Successfully Placed in Orbit by India's ISRO
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How many QA engineers does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
3: 1 to screw it in and 2 to say "I told you so" when it doesn't work.
(Score: 2) by cmn32480 on Saturday July 11 2015, @12:44AM
Oh yeah... NASA doesn't HAVE rockets anymore.....
"It's a dog eat dog world, and I'm wearing Milkbone underwear" - Norm Peterson
(Score: 2) by tibman on Saturday July 11 2015, @04:18AM
I don't think NASA ever did. They have always contracted that stuff out and put their logo on the finished product.
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