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Live coverage: New Indian launcher succeeds on maiden orbital test flight
The most powerful rocket ever built by India, boosted by two solid-fueled strap-on motors, a twin-engine core and a cryogenic upper stage, lifted off Monday to prove it can haul satellites into orbit nearly twice as heavy as India's existing launchers. Launch occurred at 1158 GMT (7:58 a.m. EDT).
India launches satellite linking its South Asian neighbors
An Indian Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle lifted off under a veil of secrecy Friday with a nearly 2.5-ton spacecraft designed to relay video broadcasts and data between India and its South Asian neighbors.
Indian space program buoyed by back-to-back GSLV successes
India's Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle soared into space Thursday and deployed a 2.3-ton communications payload into an on-target orbit, tallying its second consecutive success with an Indian cryogenic upper stage as officials prepare to declare the once-troubled launcher operational.
Countdown begins for launch of Indian military satellite
A government-owned communications satellite heading for geostationary orbit 22,300 miles above Earth is set for launch Thursday to on a nine-year mission to to support the Indian military.
Photos: India test flies new launcher, crew capsule
A powerful new Indian launcher and a precursor to a future piloted space capsule flew to the edge of space on a 20-minute test mission Thursday. See photos of the rocket's liftoff and the landing craft after splashdown in the Bay of Bengal.
India’s new rocket program achieves big success
India's aspiration to launch all of its own satellites -- and eventually astronauts -- into space got a boost Thursday with a successful test flight of a powerful new rocket and a prototype landing capsule designed for the country's human spaceflight program.
Live coverage: All-new Indian rocket takes off on maiden flight
India's all-new GSLV Mk. 3 launcher blasted off for the first time at 0400 GMT Thursday (11 p.m. EST Wednesday) on a suborbital test flight to demonstrate a new twin-engine core stage, two powerful solid rocket boosters and a prototype capsule designed for India's planned human space program.
Powerful new Indian rocket poised for suborbital test launch
Indian engineers are counting down to a test flight Thursday of a next-generation launcher to verify the performance of two powerful solid rocket motors, a twin-engine core booster and a prototype capsule designed for India's nascent human spaceflight program.