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PSLV-C20 launches 7 satellites

ISRO’s giant leap

  The PSLV-C20 blasted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at 6.01 pm

  The 103rd mission of ISRO put into orbit seven satellites in four minutes

  In 2008, India had successfully launched 10 satellites in a single mission

  The lift-off, scheduled for 5.56 pm, was delayed by 5 minutes to avoid a debris hit

  Soaring into clear skies, the 44.4-m-tall 230-tonne rocket first injected the 409-kg Indo-French satellite SARAL into orbit about 18 minutes after lift-off, followed by six other foreign satellites 
The PSLV C-20 takes off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota on Monday. — PTI