PSLV-C23 Successfully Launches French Earth Observation Satellite, Four Others
Today, ISRO's PSLV[1] launched five international satellites into their sun-synchronous orbits - SPOT-7 from France, AISAT from Germany, NLS 7.1 and 7.2 from Canada, and VELOX-1 from Singapore[2]. This was PSLV's 25th successive successful mission.<p>Here's complete launch video if anyone's interested: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UR5S5nNbd4U" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UR5S5nNbd4U</a> (00:45:00 onwards)<p>This was 114th space mission of ISRO. Here's a complete list of ISRO missions till date: <a href="http://www.isro.org/publications/pdf/114%20missions%20Brochure.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.isro.org/publications/pdf/114%20missions%20Brochu...</a><p>Next up, I am waiting for GSLV Mk3 X1 mission in July, in which they're going to test new GSLV Mk3 heavy lifter[3] launch vehicle and a Crew Module[4].<p>[1]<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polar_Satellite_Launch_Vehicle" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polar_Satellite_Launch_Vehicle</a><p>[2]<a href="http://www.isro.org/pslv-c23/pdf/pslv-c23-brochure.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.isro.org/pslv-c23/pdf/pslv-c23-brochure.pdf</a><p>[3]<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geosynchronous_Satellite_Launch_Vehicle_Mk_III" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geosynchronous_Satellite_Launch...</a><p>[4]<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISRO_Orbital_Vehicle" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISRO_Orbital_Vehicle</a>