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India successfully launches 'Polaris' satellite

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

New Delhi, Jan 22, IRNA
India-ISRO-Polaris Satellite
India Monday "successfully" launched an Israeli satellite 'Polaris' from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota by a homegrown Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV).

This is the second time that a "core alone" PSLV configuration puts a satellite into orbit, PTI reported here quoting spokesman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).

In April 2007, an Italian satellite Agile was put into the launch of the radar-imaging, remote-sensing satellite, weighing about 300 kgs, was shrouded in secrecy.

ISRO had in the past announced a date for its launch but it was not the case with this spacecraft.

The launch of "spy satellite" was originally scheduled for September last year though no date was specified.

A section of the media speculated that the launch was abandoned following "pressure" from some countries, a claim strongly denied by Bangalore-headquartered ISRO, which cited non-resolution of technical issues as the reason for the delay.

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