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Puducherry declared a holiday for all schools and colleges in Puducherry and Karaikal regions on Friday and Saturday after the IMD issued a cyclone warning.
The process of orbiting eight other nanosatellites piggybacking is underway and officials of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said it would happen smoothly as planned.
Developed by four-year-old startup Skyroot Aerospace, the event marks the private sector's maiden foray into the launch vehicle segment after the space segment was thrown open to private players in 2020.
Skyroot aims to disrupt entry barriers to cost-efficient satellite launch services and space-flight by advancing its mission to make spaceflights affordable, reliable and regular for all
With Sunday's success, ISRO put behind the anomaly experienced in its August 7 Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) mission, that had then made the satellites unusable.
According to the space agency, the satellites became unusable after the SSLV-D1 placed them in an elliptical orbit instead of a circular one.
SSLV-D1/EOS 02 was carrying an earth observation satellite and a student satellite.
It lift off from the First Launch Pad of Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh.
The maiden flight of the much-awaited SSLV took place at 9:18 am from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota on Sunday.
The PSLV rocket has launched 345 foreign satellites belonging to 36 countries since 1999.