ISRO's PSLV-C16 Launch has been successful at SHAR in sriharikota

PSLV-C16 has been successfully launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. The launch is made as per the schedule i.e. April 20, 2011 at 10:12 Hrs (IST). The PSLV-C16 rocket has carried three satellites(RESOURCESAT-2, YOUTHSAT, XSAT) on-board successfully in to the orbit.

The PSLV has an impressive track record of 16 uninterrupted launches. This is the 18th launch and 17th successive flight of PSLV by ISRO.

So far during 1994-2010 period, a total of 44 satellites, of which 25 satellites are from abroad and 19 are Indian satellites, were launched by PSLV.

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