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India Launches 100th Mission
Credit: India Space Research Organisation
India launches its 100th space mission on Sept. 9, 2012, with the successful flight of this Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle carrying the Spot 6 communications satellite and Proiteres amateur radio satellite. The mission launched from India's Satish Dhawan Space Centre on Sriharikota Island.
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India Launches 100th Mission
Credit: India Space Research Organisation
India launches its 100th space mission on Sept. 9, 2012, with the successful flight of this Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle carrying the Spot 6 communications satellite and Proiteres amateur radio satellite. The mission launched from India's Satish Dhawan Space Centre on Sriharikota Island.
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India Launches 100th Mission
Credit: India Space Research Organisation
India launches its 100th space mission on Sept. 9, 2012, with the successful flight of this Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle carrying the Spot 6 communications satellite and Proiteres amateur radio satellite. The mission launched from India's Satish Dhawan Space Centre on Sriharikota Island.
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Spot 6 Satellite Launch
Credit: India Space Research Organisation
An artist's illustration of the Spot 6 communications satellite launched by India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle on Sept. 9, 2012.
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Japan's Proiteres Satellite
Credit: India Space Research Organisation
Description: A view of Japan's Proiteres amateur radio satellite, which launched on Sept. 9, 2012, atop an Indian Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle rocket from Satish Dhawan Space Center.
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Spot 6 Satellite Comes Together
Credit: India Space Research Organisation
Engineers prepare the Spot 6 communications satellite for launch on India's 100th space mission, which blasted off atop a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle on Sept. 9, 2012, from Satish Dhawan Space Center.
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India's 100th Spaceflight: Rollout
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The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle launching on the country's 100th space mission rolls out to its launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Center ahead of a Sept. 9, 2012 launch.
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India's 100th Rocket Ready
Credit: India Space Research Organisation
The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle to launch India's 100th space mission stands assembled inside its hangar at the Satish Dhawan Space Center ahead of its Sept. 9, 2012 launch.
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India's 100th Spaceflight: Assemble
Credit: India Space Research Organisation
The first stage of the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle launching India's 100th space mission is assembled for flight in summer 2012.
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India's 100th Rocket Launch Takes Shape
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The second stage of India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle to launch the country's 100th space mission is moved into place ahead of the Sept. 9, 2012, launch from Satish Dhawan Space Center.
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India's 100th Rocket Assembly
Credit: India Space Research Organisation
The second stage of India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle to launch the country's 100th space mission is prepared for the Sept. 9, 2012, launch from Satish Dhawan Space Center.
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India's 100th Rocket Assembly
Credit: India Space Research Organisation
Engineers prepare a rocket engine for India's 100th Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle mission, which launched two satellites into orbit on Sept. 9, 2012, from Satish Dhawan Space Center.
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India's 100th Space Rocket Construction
Credit: India Space Research Organisation
The first stage of a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, the rocket to launch India's 100th space mission, is moved into position during rocket assembly.
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India's 100th Rocket Assembly
Credit: India Space Research Organisation
The first stage of a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, the rocket to launch India's 100th space mission, is moved into position during rocket assembly.
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Nose Cone for India's 100th Rocket Launch
Credit: India Space Research Organisation
A protective nose cone covers the satellites launch on India's 100th space mission in September 2012. The mission launched Sept. 9 atop a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, which lifted off from Satish Dhawan Space Center.
