The Indian Space Research Organisation’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) on Saturday successfully launched nine satellites, including eight nanosatellites, into space from the first launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Andhra Pradesh’s Sriharikota.
The 44.4 meter rocket launched with a lift-off mass of 321 tonnes with its primary satellite being the Earth Observation Satellite-6, also dubbed the Oceansat-3.