On April 04, 2014 at 11:44 UTC the PSLV-C24 (Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle) rocket-carrier was launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Center (Sriharikota Cosmodrome), Sriharikota island, Andhra Pradesh state on India's east coast of the Bay of Bengal. The India’s rocket orbited the IRNSS-1B (Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System-1B) satellite.