PSLV-C7 sucessfully lifts off
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New Delhi: Indian space science crossed yet another milestone as
the PSLV-C7 lifted off succesfully from the Satish Dhawan Space
Centre in Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh.
The 44.5 metre tall four-stage vehicle roared into the skies at
0924 hrs (IST). The PSLV-C7 is carrying the 680 kg Indian remote
sensing satellite CARTOSAT-2, the 550 kg Space Capsule Recovery
Equipment (SRE-1), Indonesia's LAPAN-TUBSAT and Argentina's six kg
nanosatellite and PEHUENSAT-1.
Scientists at the Mission Control Centre (MCC) of the launch pad
announced that was a perfect launch with all parameters working
perfectly.
After the lift off, the vehicle first injected the CARTOSTAT-2 into
the 635 km high Polar Sunsynchronous Orbit. Forty seconds later,
PEHUENSAT-I was placed in the orbit, followed by SRE-1 and
LAPAN-TUBSAT.
The entire mission, from the blast off to the injection of all the
four payloads, took approximately 20 minutes.
With the launch of SRE-1, India earns membership into the elite
group of Nations. The SRE-1 was a technological forerunner to
Indian scientists mastering the re-entry technology and building
re-usable launch vehicles like Discovery.
