Isro on Monday successfully launched India's first astronomy satellite Astrosat, eleven years after the government cleared the project.

A Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle carrying Astrosat and six other satellites lifted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. In around 25 minutes after liftoff, PSLV-C30 injected Astrosat and other satellites -- four US nano satellites, a microsatellite from Indonesia a nano satellite from Canada - into their respective orbits. This is the first time India is launching a US satellite.