SRIHARIKOTA: ISRO's trusted polar satellite launch vehicle carrying the space agency's latest communication satellite CMS-01 lifted off from the spaceport here on Thursday.

#PSLVC50 lifts off successfully from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota#ISRO #CMS01 pic.twitter.com/9uCQIHIapo
— ISRO (@isro) December 17, 2020

The satellite is envisaged for providing services in Extended-C Band of the frequency spectrum covering India, Andaman and Nicobar and Lakshadweep islands.

As the 25-hour countdown, which began on Wednesday at 2.41 hours, concluded, the launch vehicle PSLV-C50 on its 52nd mission blasted off at 3.41pm from the second launch pad at the spaceport, ISRO said. The CMS-01 successfully separated from fourth stage of PSLVC-50 and injected into orbit at 4:10PM as per the latest update.

AP CM YS jagan congratulates ISRO scientists

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Sri YS Jagan Mohan Reddy congratulated ISRO scientists for the successful launch of PSLV- C 50. He wished the ISRO team success in all future endeavours.

Kudos to the team of scientists and engineers at @isro on the successful launch of the #PSLVC50 rocket from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. Another milestone achieved and many more to go!
— YS Jagan Mohan Reddy (@ysjagan) December 17, 2020