ISRO SUCESSFULLY LAUNCHED PSLV-C21

ISRO sucessfully launched  today pslv-c21 from satish dhawan space centre .After 51 hour countdown pslv-c21 was launched at 09.53am .

 India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, in its twenty-second flight (PSLV-C21) launched the French earth observation satellite SPOT 6 along with a micro-satellite from Japan in to a 655 km polar orbit inclined at an angle of 98.23 deg to the equator. PSLV-C21 was  launched from the First Launch Pad of Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC SHAR), Sriharikota. 

With a lift-off mass of 712 kg, SPOT 6 is the heaviest satellite  launched by PSLV for an international customer. The Japanese micro-satellite PROITERES, carried as an auxiliary payload, has a lift-off mass of 15 kg. PSLV-C21 is the eighth flight of PSLV in 'core-alone' configuration (without solid strap-on motors).