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Space is a busy place for "amateur radio operators"
India Launches Record 20 Satellites In 26 Minutes, Google Is A Customer
All India | Reported by Pallav Bagla (with inputs from agencies) | Updated: June 22, 2016 18:36 IST
Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh: Shortly after 9 am, India successfully launched a rocket which deposited a record 20 satellites in 26 minutes - proof that the country's famously frugal space agency, ISRO, is headed for a larger slice of the lucrative commercial space market.
The rocket blasted off from the southern spaceport of Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh, carrying satellites mainly for international customers including the US, Germany and a Google-owned company.
It was the most satellites India has put in space at one go, though Russia set the record of 37 for a single launch in 2014.
Most of the satellites will enter orbit to observe and measure the Earth's atmosphere, while another aims to provide service for amateur radio operators.
http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/isro-set-for-record-launch-plans-20-satellites-in-orbit-in-26-minutes-1421878
All India | Reported by Pallav Bagla (with inputs from agencies) | Updated: June 22, 2016 18:36 IST
Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh: Shortly after 9 am, India successfully launched a rocket which deposited a record 20 satellites in 26 minutes - proof that the country's famously frugal space agency, ISRO, is headed for a larger slice of the lucrative commercial space market.
The rocket blasted off from the southern spaceport of Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh, carrying satellites mainly for international customers including the US, Germany and a Google-owned company.
It was the most satellites India has put in space at one go, though Russia set the record of 37 for a single launch in 2014.
Most of the satellites will enter orbit to observe and measure the Earth's atmosphere, while another aims to provide service for amateur radio operators.
http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/isro-set-for-record-launch-plans-20-satellites-in-orbit-in-26-minutes-1421878
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kessler_syndrome
The Kessler syndrome (also called the Kessler effect,[1][2] collisional cascading or ablation cascade), proposed by the NASA scientist Donald J. Kessler in 1978, is a scenario in which the density of objects in low Earth orbit (LEO) is high enough that collisions between objects could cause a cascade—each collision generating space debris that increases the likelihood of further collisions.[3] One implication is that the distribution of debris in orbit could render space activities and the use of satellites in specific orbital ranges unfeasible for many generations.[3]
The Kessler syndrome (also called the Kessler effect,[1][2] collisional cascading or ablation cascade), proposed by the NASA scientist Donald J. Kessler in 1978, is a scenario in which the density of objects in low Earth orbit (LEO) is high enough that collisions between objects could cause a cascade—each collision generating space debris that increases the likelihood of further collisions.[3] One implication is that the distribution of debris in orbit could render space activities and the use of satellites in specific orbital ranges unfeasible for many generations.[3]
