The 110-pack launch by the Indian Space Research Organistion (ISRO) saw the 230-tonne Polar Satellite launch Vehicle (PSLV-C9) carry the heaviest luggage of 824 kg into the orbit. The payload included an Indian mini satellite and eight foreign nano satellites, besides the Cartosat-2A remote sensing satellite.
At the end of the 52-hour countdown, the PSLV-C9, with a liftoff mass of 230 tonnes, blasted off from the launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre and soared into the clear sky.
Fourteen minutes after the lift-off in its 13th flight, injected the satellites into the 635-km polar sun synchronous orbit. This is for the first time that the ISRO has put 10 satellites into the orbit in a single launch.
This is also PSLV's 12th successful flight. It is for the first time in the world that 10 satellites have been launched in a single mission.
