Chief Karun Karumbaya, an Indigo pilot, caught the launch of the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C45) conveying India’s EMISAT and 28 foreign satellites taking off the clear blue sky on Monday, April 1.
The 50-meter tall rocket launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota was spotted by the captain as he was seated in the cockpit of his aircraft which was by then 50 nautical miles from the launch site.
View this video posted by Manoj Kumar Channan, a veteran of the Defense and Strategy Technology Aviation, Land and Naval Systems as the Indigo pilot took the launch video of EMISAT with it’s with 28 nanosatellites!
PSLV launch as seen by Capt Karun Karumbaya, ex 224 Sqn, from the cockpit of his Indigo A – 320! The aircraft was 50nm from the launch site.
@ashwinichannan pic.twitter.com/Kbco5u8HTW— Manoj Kumar Channan (@manojchannan) April 1, 2019
“Ladies and gentlemen, on the right look outside the window you can see the PSLV launch. It is a rocket taking off,” Karumbaya informed his passengers as he recorded the launch from the aircraft. “Beauty yaar! Wow! That’s amazing,” he can be heard saying in the 44-second clip.
ISRO took their twitter handle and posted the information about the launch of the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV), from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC), a rocket launch centre operated by ISRO on Monday.
🇮🇳 #ISROMissions 🇮🇳#PSLVC45 successfully injects #EMISAT into sun-synchronous polar orbit.
Now, 28 customer satellites to be placed into their designated orbit.
Our updates will continue.
— ISRO (@isro) April 1, 2019
