Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) starts countdown for PSLV launch from Sriharikota on Friday, January 12, 2018. Among the 31 satellites, India's own 100th satellite makes it special.
NASA is keen to study the Auroras and Polar Mesospheric Clouds near Alaska to understand X-rays emanating from space and changing atmospheric variables on Earth.
Indian space agency is all set to launch its 6th Cartosat-2 satellite for remote sensing and strategic role from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh on January 12, 2018 at 9: 28 AM. It will also carry 30 other satellites.
Indian and Chinese space agencies are planning similar space programs to gain prominence in Asia, resulting in competition reflecting the Cold War days between US and erstwhile USSR.
PSLV would launch 31 satellites in its next launch mission on January 10, 2018. Some of the major missions planned for the launch includes nanosatellites.
NASA's New Horizon spacecraft would fly by Kuiper belt object 2014 MU69 on January 1, 2019. Early observations hint at the Kuiper Belt object being either a binary orbiting pair or a contact pair of nearly like-sized bodies with diameters near 20 and 18 kilometers.
ISRO's PSLV launcher is set to launch eighth Cartosat -2 satellite to its orbit in January 2018. This would be a new start for India's most successful launch vehicle.