Photos: India successfully puts first navigational satellite into orbit
On Tuesday, India successfully launched its first dedicated navigation satellite using the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle which blasted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota.
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India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle PSLV-C22, carrying India's first navigation satellite system IRNSS-1A, lifts off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, about 100 km (62 miles) northof Chennai, July 1, 2013. Babu/Reuters
India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle PSLV-C22, carrying India's first navigation satellite system IRNSS-1A, lifts off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, about 100 km (62 miles) north of Chennai, July 1, 2013. Babu/Reuters
The exhaust plume of India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle PSLV-C22 is seen after lift off, carrying India's first navigation satellite system IRNSS-1A, from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, about 100 km (62 miles) north of of Chennai, July 1, 2013. Babu/Reuters