India's polar satellite launch vehicle continued with its success streak on 25-02-2013, launching Indo-French satellite Saral and six other satellites from Austria, Britain, Canada and Denmark from its Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh). The 23rd launch of PSLV-C20 - the 22nd consecutive success - also marked the second highest number of satellites being flown in a launch vehicle by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO).
Saral, built by ISRO, would study the ocean surface and environment using two French devices - ARgos and ALtila, based on the principle of RADAR. The other satellites riding piggyback are two micro-satellitesUniBRITE and BRITE from Austria and AAUSAT3 from Denmark andSTRaND from the UK, besides a microsatellite (NEOSSat) and a mini satellite (SAPPHIRE) from Canada.
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