India's heaviest rocket GSLV-MK III to blast off today
India's heaviest rocket GSLV-MK III to blast off today at 5.28 pm. In its first developmental flight, the GSLV-MK III-D1 will carry communication satellite GSAT-19
Latest News :India's heaviest rocket, the GSLV-MK III, will blast off into space carrying the GSAT-19satellite from Sriharikota today at 5.28 pm. The Indian Space Research Organisation's (Isro's) Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mk III (GSLV-Mk III), nicknamed 'Fat Boy', can launch a fourtonne communication satellite into a higher orbit than previous launch vehicles. More significantly, the rocket also has the potential to carry a ten-tonne capsule for a manned mission to space. In its first developmental flight, the GSLV-MK III-D1 will carry communication satelliteGSAT-19, which weighs 3,136 kg, as it blasts off from the second launch pad at the rocket port in Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh.
Another view of the fully integrated GSLV Mk-III-D1 carrying GSAT-19 at the second launch pad. Photo: Isro The GSLV-MK III-D1 is a three-stage vehicle with two solid motor strap-ons, a liquid propellant core stage and a cryogenic stage called C25. FOR MORE PICS AND INFORMATION CLICK HERE