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Indian space program closes out year with launch of upgraded GSLV
An upgraded Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle carrying more fuel and standing taller than earlier GSLV variants took off Wednesday from an Indian spaceport and delivered a new communications satellite to orbit for the Indian Air Force.
VideoLive coverage: GSLV Mk.2 lifts off with the GSAT 7A communications satellite
India's Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mk.2 lifted off at 1040 GMT (5:40 a.m. EST; 4:10 p.m. Indian Standard Time) with the GSAT 7A communications satellite for the Indian Air Force. The rocket placed the spacecraft into a supersynchronous transfer orbit around 19 minutes after liftoff from Sriharikota on India's east coast.
India preps military communications satellite for launch Wednesday
A communications satellite destined to serve the Indian military is set to blast off from the country's east coast Wednesday aboard a Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle on the seventh and last launch of the year for the Indian space program.
India’s GSLV Mk.3 aces test launch, clearing way for lunar mission
The second orbital test flight of India's GSLV Mk.3 launcher took off Wednesday, hoisting a high-throughput communications satellite into orbit to connect the county's remote population and clearing the way for a robotic lunar lander to use the rocket in January.
ISRO loses contact with new communications satellite
Ground controllers have lost contact with an Indian communications satellite launched last week, and Indian news reports suggest engineers believe the spacecraft's power system is at fault.
India tests upgraded engine tech in successful communications satellite launch
An Indian satellite built as a technological testbed for mobile communications successfully launched Thursday on top of a Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle, one of 10 space missions planned by India by the end of the year.
VideoLive coverage: Indian GSLV launches with communications satellite
An Indian Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle debuting an upgraded higher-thrust second stage engine lifted off at 1126 GMT (7:26 a.m. EDT) Thursday with an S-band communications satellite.
Photos: India’s GSLV Mk.3 debuts with on-target test flight
India's new GSLV Mk.3 launcher delivered to orbit the GSAT 19 communications satellite Monday, and these photos show the rocket lifting off from a launch pad on the eastern Indian coastline powered by two side-mounted solid rocket boosters.
Watch a replay of India’s most powerful launcher heading into orbit
India's GSLV Mk.3 rocket took off Monday on its first full-scale orbital test flight, delivering the GSAT 19 communications satellite to an on-target orbit after successfully demonstrating new solid rocket boosters, a twin-engine core stage and an upgraded cryogenic upper stage engine.
India’s launcher fleet gets an upgrade with successful test flight
A powerful new launch vehicle climbed into space from India's east coast Monday, delivering a multi-beam communications satellite to orbit on its first full-up test flight, setting marks for the heaviest rocket and spacecraft ever launched from India.