I am interested to know how all those payload are mounted on PSLV's payload adapter. Cartosat 2 Series is the primary payload, and remaining 103 satellites are co-passengers.
Usually, PSLV mission brochures used to depict how payloads are mounted on its payload adapter. However, it isn't shown this time.
a) Cartosat 2 Series - primary payload.
b) 88xDove (88x3U CubeSats) - 22 QuadPack[1] deployers.
c) 8xLEMUR (8x3U CubeSats) - 2 QuadPack deployers.
e) INS-1A and INS-1B are not in CubeSat format. So, they need to be mounted separately on payload adapter.
So, we have a primary payload + 25 QuadPack deployers + 2 nano-sats. Hopefully we'll get some info during mission live broadcast on how these payloads are mounted on PSLV.
Usually, PSLV mission brochures used to depict how payloads are mounted on its payload adapter. However, it isn't shown this time.
a) Cartosat 2 Series - primary payload.
b) 88xDove (88x3U CubeSats) - 22 QuadPack[1] deployers.
c) 8xLEMUR (8x3U CubeSats) - 2 QuadPack deployers.
d) BGUSat (3U CubeSat), PEASSS (3U CubeSat), DIDO-2 (3U CubeSat), Al-Farabi-1 (2U CubeSat), and Nayif-1 (1U CubeSat) - 1 QuadPack deployer.
e) INS-1A and INS-1B are not in CubeSat format. So, they need to be mounted separately on payload adapter.
So, we have a primary payload + 25 QuadPack deployers + 2 nano-sats. Hopefully we'll get some info during mission live broadcast on how these payloads are mounted on PSLV.
[1] http://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?filename=0...