Date: Tuesday, 26-February-2013, 1:18 AM | Message # 1
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BANGALORE, India: India launched a rocket Monday carrying seven satellites into orbit, including a Canadian orbiter that will scan for asteroids that could be hurtling toward Earth.
The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle blasted off from the Sriharikota rocket launch centre located on an island off the coast of the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.
The launch, witnessed by Indian President President Pranab Mukherjee at the space mission control centre, "was perfect", Devi Prasad Karnik, an official of the state-run Indian Space Research Organisation, told AFP.
The suitcase-sized Canadian satellite, which the Canadian Space Agency calls a "sentinel in the sky", will circle the globe every 100 minutes, scanning space to pinpoint asteroids that may come close to Earth.
Information from the satellite could help deflect asteroids whose trajectory might threaten Earth, Canadian space officials say
Date: Tuesday, 26-February-2013, 10:19 AM | Message # 2
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Lift off for Indo-French satellite 'Saral'
Officials from Indian's national space agency hailed the successful launch of 'Saral' this Monday, along with six other micro-satellites which were on board.
Built in collaboration with the French, Saral is on a mission to study the world's oceans. The launch marks the 23rd mission for India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle.
Next stop Mars. India also has plans to send a spacecraft to the Red Planet.
