An Indian rocket blasted off and successfully launched a cluster of 10 satellites in a single mission on Monday, marking a milestone for the country’s 45-year-old space programme.
The PSLV rocket lifted off at 9:20 am (0350 GMT) from the Sriharikota space station in southern India in clear weather, leaving behind a massive trail of orange and white smoke, on its 13th flight.
“The mission was perfect,” G. Madhavan Nair, chairman of the Bangalore-based Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), said after the launch telecast live by the public broadcaster Doordarshan. “Team ISRO has done it again.” More...
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