This was the 28th successful launch of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO).
“The PSLV has done it again. The navigation satellite is up in orbit and the injection was very precise,” announced an elated K. Radhakrishnan, ISRO chairman, amid applause from the scientists.
K.P. Kunhikrishnan, mission director, said the satellite went into a very precise orbit, with an perigee of 282km and an apogee of 20,670km.
M.Y.S. Prasad, director of the SDSC, said the sub-orbital flight of ISRO’s Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV MarkIII) will take place from Sriharikota in the next 30 to 45 days.
The GSLV MkIII is the heaviest and biggest launch vehicle built by ISRO. It is 42.4 metres tall and weighs 630 tons. It will carry a crew module, which is a forerunner to India sending its astronauts into space.
By Ruchi Singh
reporter
Park Sae-jin
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