Surrey Space Centre

An Indian rocket standing 44.4 metres tall and weighing around 320 tonnes is being readied for the country's first commercial satellite launch of 2015.

ISRO is all set for its "heaviest" commercial mission to put in orbit five British satellites, with the countdown beginning today for the July 10 launch of India's PSLV-C28 from space port of Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh.

The Indian space agency today morning began the countdown for the July 10 rocket launch that would carry five British satellites.

In the heaviest ever commercial mission undertaken by ISRO and its commercial arm Antrix, the country's workhorse the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) will put in orbit five foreign satellites from the spaceport of Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh on July 10.

An Indian rocket standing 44.4 metres tall and weighing around 320 tonnes is being readied for the country's first commercial satellite launch of 2015.

ISRO is all set for its "heaviest" commercial mission to put in orbit five British satellites, with the countdown beginning today for the July 10 launch of India's PSLV-C28 from space port of Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh.

The Indian space agency today morning began the countdown for the July 10 rocket launch that would carry five British satellites.

In the heaviest ever commercial mission undertaken by ISRO and its commercial arm Antrix, the country's workhorse the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) will put in orbit five foreign satellites from the spaceport of Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh on July 10.