PSLV-C49 with latest earth observation satellite EOS-01,9 others lifts off from Sriharikota | India News – Times of India

SRIHARIKOTA: India’s PSLV-C49 carrying its latest earth observation satellite EOS-01 and nine

customer satellites

lifted off from the

spaceport

here on Saturday.

The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C49/EOS-01) blasted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre here at 3.12 pm at the end of a 26-hour countdown.

The lift off was originally scheduled for 3.02 pm, but was delayed by 10 minutes due to debris on the path of the vehicle, ISRO said.

This is the first mission by

the Indian Space Research Organisation

(ISRO) this year.

EOS-01 is intended for applications in agriculture, forestry and disaster management support, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said.

The customer satellites are from Lithuania (1),

Luxembourg

(4) and USA (4).