Anu00a0ISRO rocket carrying the Indo-French tropical weather satellite Megha-Tropiques and three other smaller satellites Wednesday blasted off from the first launch pad at the space port here.

It was a bright sunny morning as the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle-C18 (PSLV-C18) standing 44 metres tall and weighing 230 tonnes soared towards the heavens, ferrying the four satellites together weighing 1,042.6 kg, around 11 a.m.