Sriharikota: An Indian rocket carrying a French earth observation satellite and four other foreign satellites blasted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota today.

Exactly at 9.52 a.m., the rocket - Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle-C23 (PSLV-C23), standing around 44.4 metres tall and weighing around 230 ton tore into the bright morning skies with orange flames fiercely burning at its tail.