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The government today said Antrix Corporation Limited (Antrix), the commercial arm of ISRO has earned foreign exchange of about 6.1 million Euro through launching of 29 Nano satellites. Replying to questions in the Lok Sabha, minister of state in the Prime Minister’s office, Dr Jitendra Singh said 29 Nano satellites were from 14 foreign countries and were launched under commercial arrangement.
ISRO has taken measures to protect its operational satellites from space debris by carrying out collision avoidance studies for all launch vehicles of ISRO to clear lift off time.
Dr Singh said ISRO has successfully launched an Indian earth observation satellite Cartosat2 series weighing 712 kg as primary payload on board its Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle on June 23rd along with 30 Nano satellites in a single launch from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota.
The Cartosat2 series satellite provides high resolution images of earth’s surface at sub-meter resolution.