Indian rocket launches 7 satellites to orbit

An Indian rocket launched seven satellites to orbit today (July 29). A Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) lifted off from India's Satish Dhawan Space Centre today at 9 p.m. EDT (0100 GMT and 6:30 a.m. local India time on July 30). The main payload that went up on the 145-foot-tall (44 meters) PSLV tonight was DS-SAR, a 794-pound (360 kilograms) satellite designed to image Earth in radar light. (SAR stands for "synthetic aperture radar.") More

(Source: Space.com - Jul 30)