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  • India’s PSLV lifts off on first flight since fairing failure

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    EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 0600 GMT (1 a.m. EST) after confirmation of successful launch. India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle lifted off Friday with 31 satellites on-board. Credit: ISRO A Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle lifted off Friday with 31 satellites on the first flight for India’s workhorse rocket since an August mishap that left an Indian…

  • 40th flight of India’s PSLV declared a success

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    India’s 40th Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle lifted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Center at 0359 GMT Friday (11:59 p.m. EDT Thursday). Credit: ISRO An Indian mapping satellite and 30 other payloads vaulted into space Friday aboard a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, arriving in an on-the-mark orbit more than 300 miles above Earth. Launching on…

  • Photos: India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle prepared for liftoff

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    Ready for its 40th launch, India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle is set to carry 31 satellites into orbit Friday, and these photos chronicle the rocket’s launch preparations. The 144-foot-tall (44-meter) rocket is set for liftoff at 0359 GMT Friday (11:59 p.m. EDT Thursday) from the Satish Dhawan Space Center on India’s east coast. It will…

  • Indian rocket set to launch 31 satellites

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    Credit: ISRO An Indian Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, crowned with 31 satellites from 15 countries, is counting down to liftoff early Friday from an island spaceport on the country’s east coast. Carrying an Indian mapping satellite, an agricultural research craft built by Indian university students, and 29 secondary payloads, the 144-foot-tall (44-meter) PSLV will blast…

  • Live coverage: India’s PSLV delivers international payloads to orbit

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    Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a PSLV rocket from India’s Satish Dhawan Space Center with 31 satellites. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter. ISRO’s live video stream begins at 0330 GMT (11:30 p.m. EDT).

  • Don’t miss this spectacular video of 104 satellites deployed in space

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    Video Playerhttp://www.isro.gov.in/sites/default/files/videos/pslv_c37-on_board.mp4.mp4 Media error: Format(s) not supported or source(s) not found Download File: http://www.isro.gov.in/sites/default/files/videos/pslv_c37-on_board.mp4.mp4?_=100:0000:0000:00Use Up/Down Arrow keys to increase or decrease volume. NOTE: Updated with correction from Planet. India’s space agency has released stunning video captured by cameras mounted on-board a rocket that launched this week with 104 satellites. The views begin with the blastoff…

  • India lofts a record 104 spacecraft on a single rocket

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    Credit: ISRO An Indian rocket deployed 104 spacecraft into orbit 300 miles above Earth on Tuesday, the largest pack of satellites ever launched on a single booster. The satellites from India, the United States, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Israel, Kazakhstan and the United Arab Emirates will take pictures of planet Earth, monitor the environment, validate new…

  • Indian rocket set to place 104 satellites in orbit

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    India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle is scheduled to fire into orbit early Wednesday with 104 satellites on-board, setting a record for the largest flock of spacecraft ever launched on a single rocket. Most of the payloads cocooned inside the PSLV’s nose shroud are as small as a toaster oven, set to join commercial fleets tasked…

  • Photos: PSLV climbs away from Indian spaceport

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    Firing into orbit from a barrier island on India’s east coast, a 145-foot-tall (44-meter) Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle lifted off early Wednesday to deploy 20 satellites in a perch more than 300 miles (500 kilometers) above Earth. Propelled by a solid-fueled core stage and six strap-on solid rocket motors, the PSLV XL launched at 0356…

  • India’s PSLV blasts off with 20 satellites

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    Updated after launch. The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle lifted off at 0356 GMT Wednesday (11:56 p.m. EDT Tuesday), or 9:26 a.m. local time in India. Credit: ISRO A Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle lifted off early Wednesday with an assortment of payloads for the Indian government, domestic universities, and institutions and companies from Indonesia, Canada, Germany…