Rocket lifts off: Isro launches 'eye in the sky' Cartosat-2 satellite from Sriharikota

The mission's primary objective is to provide high-resolution, scene-specific spot imagery

The Indian Space Research Organisation's (Isro's) PSLV-C38 rocket carrying Cartosat-2 and other satellites had a successful take off on Friday morning.

The rocket blasted off from the first launch pad of the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota at 9.29 am as scheduled. This will be the seventeenth flight of PSLV in the 'XL' configuration (with the use of solid strap-on motors).

The 28-hour countdown operation for the PSLV-C38/Cartosat-2 series satellite mission started on Thursday at 05:29 hours IST after the mission readiness review committee and launch authorisation board cleared the countdown on Wednesday.

This is the 40th flight of