India's first commercial rocket launch

[dreada5]

Congrats! <br /><br />http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/6582773.stm<br /><br />http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/sfn_070423_pslv_agilelnch.html <br /><br />I wonder how much the Polar Satellite launch vehicle costs to launch compared to SpaceX's proposals...?

 

[holmec]

Very nice. India has launched rockets before. This is their first commercial one? Its the first I heard of that they are launching a satellite from another country. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p><font color="#0000ff"><em>"SCE to AUX" - John Aaron, curiosity pays off</em></font></p> </div>

 

[dreada5]

Apparently so.<br /><br /><blockquote><font class="small">In reply to:</font><hr /><p><b>SDC:</b> Earlier PSLV missions launched small foreign spacecraft, but today was the first time a paying customer's satellite filled the role of a primary payload. <p><hr /></p></p></blockquote>