New Delhi: ISRO launched successfully GSLV-F15 carrying the NVS-02 on 6:23 AM at Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday morning. It is the ISRO’s 100th rocket mission.

It is ISRO’s maiden venture this year. The satellite was precisely injected into the required (GTO) orbit. This mission is the 100th launch which is a very significant milestone for ISRO, said Chairman Narayanan in his address at the post the successful launch. In this mission, the data has come; all vehicle systems are normal, he added.

The first big rocket to liftoff from Sriharikota was the Satellite Launch Vehicle (SLV) on August 10, 1979, and now nearly 46 years later the Department of Space has hit a century. Till now all big rocket launches at Sriharikota have been by the Indian Government.