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ISRO’s 100th launch takes flight with NVS-02 satellite

In a historic feat, the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) on Wednesday announced its 100th launch from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. The GSLV-F15 with the NVS-02 satellite lifted off from the spaceport’s second launch pad at 6.23 a.m.

Distressed Soil~II

A national database on land degradation prepared by the Indian Space Research Organisation in 2016 showed that 36.7 per cent of India’s total arable and non-arable land suffers from various forms of degradation, water erosion being the chief contributor (68.4 per cent).