India Launches 10 Satellites At Once

freakxx writes "India sets a world record after launching 10 satellites in one go using its workhorse, the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV). All the satellites were put into their respective orbits successfully. It was the core-alone version of the launch vehicle weighing 230 tonnes with a payload of 824 kg in total. Two of the satellites were Indian satellites, while the rest were from different countries. By this launch, the ISRO has proven its credibility and it is going to boost India's image in the attractive multi-billion commercial market of satellite launches. This was the 12th successful launch of the PSLV."

Building a ... Cluster?

[adpsimpson]

Suddenly, I'm worried I won't have to imagine a Beowolf cluster of satellites...

Sorry.

Leave it to India

[elrous0]

You ever seen how many people they can pack in a single traincar?

Well, sure, they have the cheap launch system.

[rbrander]

It's like the Chinese causing earthquakes by all jumping off a chair at the same time: you just need a teeter-totter and 127-million Indians all jumping on the other end at once...

Re:Good for India.

[Fear the Clam]

But what about those 1 billion people (ok, number out of ass, but you get the point) that are starving to death and live in horrible conditions?

Leave it to a Mac fanboi to make everything into a joke about Vista tech support.

I have this picture in my head...

[jskline]

Of one day looking up and really noticing that the available amounts of sunlight has been diminishing due to the rampant expansion of tracking and communications satellites being pushed into orbit by all the nations of the earth.

Then we begin to see the outcome as diminished crops, rampant expansion of the polar ice belts, strange drops in cancer rates from excessive sunlight exposure in bikini clad Caucasian women;... And some strange little guy on the global news service saying something about "the sky is falling; the sky is falling!"...

These Satellites Are Weaponized

[Anonymous Coward]

as M.I.R.V.s [wikipedia.org].
against the United Gulags of America.

Nuclear Proliferatingly Yours,
George W. Bush [whitehouse.org].

Watch out Springfield

[tab_b]

Too bad it wasn't 8 satellites, then they could have named them: Anoop, Uma, Nabendu, Poonam, Priya, Sandeep, Sashi and Gheet - and then the rocket itself would have been: Apu [wikipedia.org]

10? Only 10?

[SeekerDarksteel]

That's sad. My Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle goes up to 11.....satellites.