ISRO successfully injected Cartosat-3, an earth observation satellite, and 13 nanosatellites from US companies in precise orbits on Wednesday, in the first launch after the Chandrayaan-2 mission, and got a pat on its back from Prime Minister Narendra Modi.The 49th flight of India’s workhorse rocket – the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle or PSLV – took off from the second launch pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh at 9:28am.Indian Space Research Organisation’s chairperson K Sivan said, “I am extremely happy to declare that PSLV C47 precisely injected Cartosat 3 and 13 customer satellites in the desired orbit. I must compliment the satellite team for building such a wonderful satellite and the launch vehicle team for achieving this success.” The Prime Minister tweeted “I heartily congratulate the entire isro team on yet another successful launch of PSLV-C47 carrying indigenous Cartosat-3 satellite and over a dozen nanosatellites of USA,”.“The advanced Cartosat-3 will augment our high-resolution imaging capability. ISRO has once again made the nation proud!” he added.All the satellites were put into orbit within 26 minutes and 50 seconds of takeoff, officials said.The mission life of CARTOSAT-3 would be for five years. The launch of CARTOSAT-3 and 13 other commercial nanosatellites follows ISRO's moon mission Chandrayaan-2 on July 22, which failed to manage a soft landing on the moon, and would have been the country's first had it been successful.