India launches first ISRO space laboratory

Posted on 29 Sep 2015 by Michael Cruickshank
The Astrosat spacecraft is launched into orbit. Image courtesy of ISRO.

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully launched the country’s first ever space laboratory over the weekend.

The laboratory itself, called Astrosat, was launched from the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, marking yet another success for the country’s budding space program. “About 20 minutes after a perfect lift-off at 10am from our spaceport, the rocket has placed Astrosat in the intended orbit,” said mission director B Jayakumar according to The Guardian.…

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