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Title    India Surges in Space Race as its Most Powerful Rocket Launches Satellite Into Orbit
Date    Thursday June 29 2017, @04:15AM
Author    mrpg
Topic   
from the think-of-the-debris dept.
https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=17/06/28/2122209

Phoenix666 writes:

India launched a communication satellite using its most powerful rocket on Monday, improving its prospects of winning a bigger share of the more than $300 billion global space industry and its hopes of a manned mission.

The 13-story high rocket, the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) Mk III, or "Fat Boy," lifted off from the Sriharikota space center in southern India at 5:28 p.m. in clear blue skies.

At 6,914 lbs. the GSAT-19 satellite is the heaviest India has attempted to put in orbit, the space agency said.

The United States, Russia, China, Japan, and European Space Agency have the capability to launch satellites weighing more than three tonnes.

The launch was a couple weeks ago now, but it's welcome news. Perhaps a second iteration of the Space Race would get humanity into the wider solar system to stay.

Also: GLSV Mark III rocket conducts 'all-up' launch with GSAT-19 satellite


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  1. "Phoenix666" - https://soylentnews.org/~Phoenix666/
  2. "India launched a communication satellite using its most powerful rocket on Monday" - https://www.csmonitor.com/Science/Spacebound/2017/0605/India-surges-in-space-race-as-its-most-powerful-rocket-launches-satellite-into-orbit
  3. "GLSV Mark III rocket conducts 'all-up' launch with GSAT-19 satellite" - https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2017/06/glsv-mark-iii-rocket-launch-gsat-19-satellite/
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