People who stood on the terrace of the Brahm Prakash auditorium to witness the launch managed to catch a glimpse of the vehicle only for a brief moment before it disappeared into the clouds.
However, the mood in the Satish Dhawan Space Centre where the entire Indian Space Research Organisation team behind the mission was seated was upbeat. They were emotional on seeing that the launch was a success.
ISRO Chairman Madhavan Nair got up from his chair, clapping his hands, and congratulated other scientists who had ensured that the mission's success. This is the 14th flight of ISRO's workhorse PSLV, which has launched 29 satellites into a variety of orbits since 1993.
The launch vehicle uses larger strap-on motors to achieve higher payload capability.
Image: ISRO Chairman G Madhavan Nair gestures as he attends a press conference after the successful launch of Chandrayaan-1..
Photograph: Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP/Getty Images
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