SRIHARIKOTA (ANDHRA PRADESH): ISRO on Friday successfully launched an Earth observation satellite on board a small satellite launch vehicle, giving a boost to India’s space programme.
The third developmental flight carrying Earth Observation Satellite (EOS-08) along with a passenger satellite SR-0 DEMOSAT was successfully placed into the intended orbit as planned.
“The third developmental flight SSLV-D3 with EOS-08 satellite has been successfully accomplished. The rocket has placed the spacecraft in the very precise orbit as planned and there are no deviations in the injection of satellites,” ISRO Chairman S Somanath said, addressing the gathering from the Mission Control Centre at this spaceport here.
