<br/>The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle PSLV-C-15 carrying remote sensing Cartosat-2B along with four satellites blasted-off from the spaceport near Sriharikota this morning.<br/><br/>The four-stage 44.4 meter tall PSLV-C-15 lifted off at the end of a 51-hour countdown from the Satish Dhawan space centre at 9.22 AM.<br/><br/>The rocket soared into skies in clear weather leaving behind plumes of smoke.<br/><br/>It will place four satellites into orbit, including Alsat from Algeria, two nano satellites from Canada and Switzerland, and a pico satellite Studsat built by seven engineering students of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka.<br/>