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Isro's PSLV-C42 takes off successfully with two foreign satellites on board

After a successful countdown, which started at 01:08 pm (IST) on Saturday, PSLV-C42 soared into the sky from the first launch pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota near Chennai

ISRO's PSLV lifts off successfully from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota
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ISRO's PSLV-C32 carrying India's navigation satellite satellite, the IRNSS-1F lifts off successfully from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh

T E Narasimhan Chennai
The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) on Sunday successfully launched into space the NovaSAR and S1-4 earth observation satellites of the UK from the spaceport here and successfully placed them in the designated orbit.

After the countdown, which started at 1.08 pm on Saturday, PSLV-C42 took off from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, at 10.08 pm on Sunday. 

In this configuration, the rocket is without six solid strap-on motors. This version was first flown in April 2007, and is the lightest version of PSLV.

The rocket carried two foreign satellites, NovaSAR and S1-4, which were launched into a 583-km Sun

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