Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) satellite launching workhorse Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) has lifted off successfully with eight satellites.
The vehicle was launched from the first launch pad of Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR, Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh.
The longest satellite launch event stretching over two hours and 15 minutes, started with the lift off of the vehicle PSLV-C35 at 9:12 a.m., with eight satellites, from the first launch pad of Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR, Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh.
While SCATSAT-1 was launched soon after the launch of the vehicle, the rest of the seven satellites are expected to be launched between 11:25-11:28 a.m.
This is the first mission of PSLV in which it will be launching its payloads into two different orbits.
The PSLV-C35 is carrying SCATSAT-1 for weather related studies, five foreign satellites and two satellites from Indian academic institutes to its orbits.
The launch vehicle carries around 675 kg, including the 371 kg SCATSAT-1, which is to help provide weather forecasting services to the user communities through the generation of wind vector products for weather forecasting, cyclone detection and tracking. It is a continuity mission for the Oceansat-2 satellite, launched in 2009.
SCATSAT-1 will be launched into 730 kilometre polar Sun Synchronous Orbit inclined at an angle of 98.1 degree to the equator whereas the two Indian institutes satellites and five satellites abroad will be placed in a 689 km polar orbit of 98.21 degree inclination later, using the read full story
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