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.Here's complete launch video if anyone's interested: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UR5S5nNbd4U (00:45:00 onwards)This was 114th space mission of ISRO. Here's a complete list of ISRO missions till date: http://www.isro.org/publications/pdf/114%20missions%20Brochu...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].[1]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polar_Satellite_Launch_Vehicle[2]http://www.isro.org/pslv-c23/pdf/pslv-c23-brochure.pdf[3]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geosynchronous_Satellite_Launch...[4]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISRO_Orbital_Vehicle