NEW DELHI, Sept 4 — India’s national space agency launched a rocket Friday carrying an Earth-imaging satellite, successfully placing it into orbit, Anadolu Ajansi reported.
“Mission Success! GSLV-F17 has successfully accomplished its mission, placing EOS-05 into the intended orbit,” the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) announced in a post on the US social media platform X.
The launch took place from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in southern India at 2.55 a.m. local time (2125GMT Thursday).
GSLV-F17 marks the 19th flight of India’s Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle and EOS-05 is a state-of-the-art Earth observation spacecraft, the space agency said.
It is India’s first ever imaging satellite designed to operate from a geosynchronous orbit, it said.
Following Friday’s successful launch, the space agency is targeting six more launches this year, ISRO Chairman V. Narayanan told reporters.
