Sriharikota, Jun 5: India’s heaviest launcher till date, GSLV-MkIII D1 was blasted off from the second launch pad of the Satish Dhavan Space Centre in Andhra Pradesh today.
The three stage, heavy lift vehicle, weighing 640 tonnes, rose into the skies majestically with GSAT 19, a communication satellite parked in the upper stage.
Weighing 3136 kg at lift off, GSAT 19 is the heaviest satellite to be launched indigenously.
The 43.
43 m tall launch vehicle had the capability of launching 4 tonne class satellites into geosynchronous transfer orbit and more than ten tonne satellites into polar sun synchronous orbit.
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