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Wednesday, December 17, 2014

GSLV Mark III,India's Largest Rocket Launched Successfully Thursday Dec 18,2014

 
The Indian space Research Organisation(ISRO) successfully launched India's heaviest rocket - the GSLV-3 from Sriharikota on Thursday Dec 18,2014, as its next step towards putting a man in space.
India today announced two more successes in its space program — launching the country's largest rocket and testing the re-entry of an unmanned crew module, part of India's quest to send humans into space
India, which is striving to become a player in the multi-billion dollar space market, has successfully launched lighter satellites in recent years, but has faced problems sending up heavier payloads. Pictured is the GSLV Mark-III which launched today
India's manned space programme gets a boost, ISRO to test advanced version of GSLV today

The operation continued for approximately 20 minutes with the capsule safely splashing down into Bay of Bengal off Andaman and Nicobar Islands
ISRO said the unmanned crew capsule successfully separated from the rocket and splashed down in the Bay of Bengal off India's east coast 20 minutes after liftoff

The GSLV MK-III rocket sits on launch pad at The Satish Dhawan Space Centre on Sriharikota Island. The new rocket, weighing 630 tonnes and capable of carrying 4 tonnes, is a boost for India's attempts to grab a greater slice of the £190 billion ($300 billion) global space market

The launch is also significant as it takes with it a Crew module Atmospheric Re-Entry Experiment (CARE) mission. This is basically a capsule that will be taken above the earth's atmosphere by the rocket, and then sent back to earth.

The GSLV Mark III launched from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh, is 42.4 meters tall and costs about Rs. 160 crore.

The rocket blasted off from Sriharikota - barrier island off the Bay of Bengal coast located in Andhra Pradesh

The mission will take the Indian Space Research Organisation or ISRO a step closer to sending astronauts to space.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed the test mission as 'yet another triumph of (the) brilliance and hard work of our scientists' in a post on Twitter

 




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