ISRO launched the Cartosat-3 satellite along with 13 commercial nanosatellites from the US at 9:28 am IST on November 27, 2019. Cartosat-3 was launched aboard the PSLV-C47 launch vehicle.

The satellites were launched into Sun Synchronous orbit from a launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. ISRO had announced the beginning of the 26-hour countdown for the launch of the PSLV-C47 mission on November 26 at 7:28 am.

This is the 21st flight of India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle in 'XL' configuration and 74th launch vehicle mission overall from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre. The PSLV-C47 has 6 solid strap-on motors. The Cartosat 3 satellite will be placed at an orbit of 509 km and inclination of 97.5 degrees.

CARTOSAT-3, India's most complex and advanced earth imaging satellite built so far, was placed into orbit 17 minutes and 46 seconds after lift-off, the immediate mission after Chandrayaan 2, where the lander crashed while making a soft descent on the lunar surface on September 7.

The launch of CARTOSAT-3 and 13 other commercial nano-satellites follows Isro's moon mission Chandrayaan-2 on July 22, which failed to manage a soft landing on the moon, and would have been the country's first had it been successful.

Aria Telecom congratulates to the whole ISRO team on the flawless launching of CARTOSAT-3 from Sriharikota.