Scripting yet another success in its space programme, India on Friday launched its latest communication satellite GSAT-12 onboard indigenous PSLV-C17 rocket in a flawless mission from the spaceport in Sriharikota.
PSLV-C17, using the most powerful configuration of ISRO's workhorse launch vehicle, blasted off at 4.48 pm from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre and zoomed into overcast skies before hurling GSAT-12 into space about 20 minutes later.
GSAT-12 would augment the availability of transponders for various communication services including tele-medicine and tele-education.
Text: PTI
Image: PSLV C-17 takes off during its launch from the Sathish Dhawan Space Centre in Srihakota, Andhra Pradesh on Friday, July 15, 2011. (Photographs copyright PTI).
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