On January 12, 2018 at 03:59 UTC the PSLV C40 rocket-carrier was launched from Sriharikota spaceport (the Satish Dhawan Space Center), 80 km from Chennai, India. The rocket (PSLV - Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle) orbited the “Cartosat-2F” mapping satellite (the prime payload) along with 30 secondary payloads for Indian, U.S., South Korean, British, French, Canadian, and Finnish customers.