India, on Wednesday successfully launched the advanced earth observation satellite Resourcesat-2, a move aimed at beefing up its remote sensing capability, and two smaller satellites on the PSLV rocket from its spaceport at Sriharikota. The Indian Space Research Organisation's Rs 90 crore rocket - the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) was originally scheduled for a January launch but got postponed to February and then to April.
