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India's PSLV-C20 Rocket Takeoff #1
Credit: ISRO
India launched their PSLV-C20 rocket carrying the SARAL satellite on Feb. 25, 2013, from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC), Shriharikota, India, 100 kilometers north of Chennai.
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India's PSLV-C20 Rocket Takeoff #2
Credit: ISRO
India launched their PSLV-C20 rocket carrying the SARAL satellite on Feb. 25, 2013, from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC), Shriharikota, India, 100 kilometers north of Chennai.
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India's PSLV-C20 Rocket Takeoff #3
Credit: ISRO
India launched their PSLV-C20 rocket carrying the SARAL satellite on Feb. 25, 2013, from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC), Shriharikota, India, 100 kilometers north of Chennai.
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India Launches PSLV Rocket: Feb. 25, 2013
Credit: India Space Research Organisation
An India Space Research Organisation PSLV rocket (Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle) launches seven satellites from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, India, on Feb. 25, 2013. The rocket carried an ocean-monitoring satellite for India, two tiny space telescopes and an asteroid-hunting spacecraft built by the Canadian Space Agency among its payloads.
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India Counts Down for Rocket Launch: Feb. 25, 2013
Credit: India Space Research Organisation
Launch flight controllers watch over the countdown for a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle launched by the India Space Research Organisation on Feb. 25, 2013, from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, India.
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India's PSLV-C20 Rocket on Launch Pad
Credit: ISRO
India's PSLV-C20 rocket stands on the First Launch Pad with umbilical tower to its left
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Panoramic View of India's PSLV-C20 Rocket
Credit: ISRO
This panoramic view shows India's PSLV-C20 rocket on the First Launch Pad with the Mobile Service Tower at a distance. The rocket will launch seven satellites into orbit on Feb. 25, 2013, from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, India.
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India's PSLV-C20 Rocket on Launch Pad as Mobile Service Tower Rolls Back
Credit: ISRO
India's PSLV-C20 rocket stands on the First Launch Pad as the Mobile Service Tower moves back.
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SARAL Satellite Launching for India, France
Credit: India Space Research Organisation
India's SARAL satellite Earth-observation satellite is seen mated to the fourth stage of its Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle C20. SARAL, short for Satelilte with ARgos and ALtika, is an Indian-French mission to monitor Earth's oceans from space.
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Infrared Test Rig Surrounding NEOSSat
Credit: Janice Lang/DRDC
An Canadian Space Agency technician removes the infrared test rig surrounding the asteroid-hunting NEOSSat after the final thermal vacuum test at the David Florida Laboratory located in Ottawa, Ontario. NEOSSat is a dual-mission microsatellite designed to detect potentially hazardous Earth-orbit-crossing asteroids and track objects that reside in deep space. It is also the first implementation of Canada's generic multi-mission microsatellite bus. It will launch aboard an Indian Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle on Feb. 25, 2013.
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NEOSSAT Asteroid Hunting Satellite
Credit: Canadian Space Agency
An artist's illustration of the NEOSSat asteroid-hunting satellite in Earth orbit. The Canadian Space Agency mission will search for large asteroids near Earth and track space debris.
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Canada's NEOSSat From Above
Credit: Canadian Space Agency
A view of Canada's asteroid-hunting NEOSSat satellite from above. The $25 million satellite is about the size of a suitcase and designed to seek out large asteroids near Earth.
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Canada's NEOSSat Close Up
Credit: Canadian Space Agency
A close-up of the Canadian Space Agency's NEOSSat asteroid-tracking satellite, which launches in February 2013 to search for large space rocks and space debris.
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BRITE Satellite a Tiny Space Telescope
Credit: University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies
Cordell Grant putting the finishing touches to the first BRITE satellite at UTIAS-SFL. The tiny nanosatellite, designed to study the brightest stars in the night sky, is one of seven spacecraft launching on India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle C20 mission on Feb. 25, 2013.
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Complete PSLV-C20 Rocket Seen From High Angle
Credit: ISRO
India's fully assembled PSLV-C20 rocket is seen from the top of the Vehicle Assembly Building.
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India's PSLV-C20 Rocket Completion Through Fourth Stage
Credit: ISRO
A view of India's PSLV-C20 rocket after the completion of its assembly up through fourth stage at the Mobile Service Tower.
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India's PSLV-C20 Rocket Fourth Stage Integration
Credit: ISRO
India's PSLV-C20 rocket is seen with fourth stage integration in progress.
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India's PSLV-C20 Rocket Second Stage Integration
Credit: ISRO
India's PSLV-C20 rocket seen with second stage integration in progress.
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India's PSLV-C20 Rocket Second Stage Liquid Engine
Credit: ISRO
A view of India's PSLV-C20 rocket shows the second stage liquid engine during vehicle assembly.
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India's PSLV-C20 Rocket First Stage Assembly
Credit: ISRO
India's PSLV-C20 rocket first stage assembly seen in progress at the Mobile Service Tower.
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India's PSLV-C20 Rocket First Stage Hoisted
Credit: ISRO
One of the segments of first stage of India's PSLV-C20 is hoisted at the Mobile Service Tower.
