A GSLV rocket, carrying ISRO’s earth observation satellite EOS-05, succssfully lauched from the spaceport in a pre-dawn mission on Friday from Andhra Pradesh Sriharikota.
The 51.7 metre tall GSLV-F17 blasted off from the second launch pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre, about 135 km from Chennai, at a prefixed time of 2.55 am, lighting up the dark skies amid rains.
The mission carries EOS 5, a satellite designed to provide India with a continuous bird’s eye view of the nation from a height of nearly 36,000 kilometers above earth.
The GSLV-F17 launch vehicle stands 51.7 metres tall and has a liftoff mass of 420.5 tonnes, placing it among India’s largest operational launch vehicles.
Science and Technology Minister Jitendra Singh hailed the successful launch of ISRO’s GSLV-F17 rocket mission, saying that India’s space capabilities continue to scale new heights, strengthening the country’s position as a global space power.
“EOS-05 is a state-of-the-art Earth Observation satellite and India’s first imaging satellite from geosynchronous orbit, enabling advanced imaging across visible, infrared, multispectral and hyperspectral bands,” Jitendra Singh wrote on X.
