SRIHARIKOTA: Marking history India Monday blasted off the PSLV-C9 blasted into space, carrying ten satellites including the country's latest remote sensing satellite CARTOSAT-2A.

The PSLV-C9 was launched from ISRO's Satish Dhawan Space Centre here Monday.

Scientists cheered as the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, in its thirteenth flight, soared into the clear sky in a perfect lift off at 9.23 am from the second launch pad.

The sources said that the PSLV is also carrying ISRO's Indian Mini Satellite-1 (IMS-1), weighing 83kg, and eight nano satellites built by universities and research institutes in Canada and Germany apart from the 690 kg CARTOSAT-2A.

While the CARTOSAT-2A, carrying state-of-the-art panchromatic camera (PAN), will be used for mapping purposes and management of natural resources, the IMS-1 will be used as a platform for trying out advanced technology in future launches.

They said that about 885 secs after lift off and after separation from the fourth stage, PSLV-C9 would inject the main payload Cartosat-2A in the Polar Sun Synchronous Orbit at a height of 635 km with an inclination of 97.94 degree with respect to the equator.

PAN is capable of taking black-and-white pictures in the visible region of the electromagnetic spectrum. The imagery would have a spatial resolution of about one metre.

Apart from the two Indian satellites, PSLV-C9 would also be carrying eight nanosatellites built by Universities and research institutions in Canada and Germany.

These satellites were being launched under a commercial agreement with Antrix Corporation.