Today, India successfully launched eight satellites in one go on board the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV). This is the first time the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has launched payload satellites in two orbits, a rare feat for any space agency.
The main purpose of the launch, which took place at the Sriharikota space centre off India's eastern coast, was to put into orbit SCATSAT-1, a satellite that will help weather forecasting, cyclone prediction and tracking services. Five of the other satellites that were on board are foreign, from the US, Canada and Algeria.
This launch takes the number of foreign satellites launched by India to 79 earning the country more than $120,000,000.
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