Saturday 3 August 2013

PSLV-C22 Successfully Launches IRNSS-1A, India's First Navigation Satellite

ISRO's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, PSLV-
C22, successfully launched IRNSS-1A, the first
satellite in the Indian Regional Navigation
Satellite System (IRNSS), in the early morning
hours of today (July 2, 2013) from Satish
Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota. This is the
twenty third consecutively successful mission
of PSLV. The 'XL' configuration of PSLV was
used for the mission. Previously, the same
configuration of the vehicle was used thrice to
launch Chandrayaan-1, GSAT-12 and RISAT-1
satellites.
At the completion of the countdown, PSLV-C22

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