Sriharikota: In a first, the Indian Space agency heralded 2024 with the successful first ever New year day launch, when PSLV-C58, carrying XPoSat, X-ray Polarimeter Satellite, and ten other payloads, was successfully injected into the orbit after a fine take off from the spaceport of Sriharikota on Monday morning.

After a smooth 25 hour countdown that began at 0810 hrs yesterday, the workhorse launch vehicle of ISRO took off from the First Launch Pad at 0910 hrs, amid loud cheers from the audience and after a 20-minute flight duration and the ignition and separation of all the four stages of the vehicle, the 469 kg satellite was injected into the orbit.