PSLV-C45 carrying EMISAT satellite successfully launched

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has successfully launched PSLV-C45, carrying its latest observation satellite EMISAT at 09:27 am on Monday.

The EMISAT and 28 other customer payloads, have been launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikotta.

After a perfect lift-off at the end of the 27-hour countdown, the nearly 50 metre-tall PSLV C-45 injected the 436 kg EMISAT into the orbit about 17 minutes later.

The EMISAT satellite is aimed at electromagnetic measurement.

ISRO has said that the main satellite EMISAT and the 28 customer satellites will be released into two different orbits, and later, the fourth stage engine of the rocket will be taken to a third orbit in space.

The foreign satellites include 24 from the United States, two from Lithuania and one each from Switzerland and Spain.