ISRO is expected to launch its Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle mdash C56 PSLV C56 mission on july 26 ...........

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ISRO is expected to launch its Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle — C56 (PSLV-C56) mission on july 26 . How many payloads does it have?

Explanation:

A commercial mission, the PSLV-C56 will have seven payloads in all including the 351.9 kg earth observation satellite DS-SAR (short for Synthetic Aperture Radar) from Singapore. The others are Arcade (23.58 kg), Velox-AM (23 kg) and Orb-12 Strider (12.8 kg). The remaining three are nanosatellites weighing less than 10 kg each. They are the Galassia-2 (3.84 kg), SCOOB-II (4.1 kg) and NuLIon (3.05 kg), according to a list provided by the VSSC. These satellites will be placed in a Low Earth Orbit (LEO).