India scripted history by successfully launching EMISAT, a military satellite, and 28 foreign nano satellites onboard its polar rocket from here Monday, in a complex mission which marked many a first for ISRO. Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated ISRO scientists on the successful launch of EMISAT satellite onboard polar rocket PSLV-C45 from Sriharikota. "Today, PSLV C45 has successfully injected ISRO made EMISAT in 748 kms orbit as well as 28 customer satellites in 504 kms orbit," ISRO chief K Sivan said at the Mission Control Centre. On the future missions lined up for ISRO, he said after completing all these wonderful missions, ISRO was scheduled to launch 30 missions by the year-end. In today's mission, ISRO scientists placed the satellites and payloads in three different orbits.

Source: dna April 01, 2019 14:26 UTC