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RE: Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle

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India successfully conducted the static test of its largest solid booster for launching heavier satellites using the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-Mk III), the space agency said Sunday.

"The solid booster (S200) will form the strap-on stage for the GSLV-Mark III, which is in advanced stage of development for launching four-tonne class of communication satellites"

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GSLV D3

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RE: Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle

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If the Indian Space Research Organisation's attempt to launch its largest rocket, the GSLV-D3, with an indigenous cryogenic stage and engine succeeds, then India will become only the fifth or sixth country in the world to have successfully developed such technology.
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ISRO's 2010 space dream should be a technological leapfrog. It will soon launch the GSLV-D3 rocket with an indigenous (Indian) cryogenic stage and engine for the first time in the country's space history. The space agency has so far been launching GSLV rockets on borrowed Russian technology.
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GSLV-D3

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RE: Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle

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After an eventful year capped by the mission to moon, ISRO scientists are now developing the next generation launch vehicle to cut by half the cost of putting satellites in orbit.
The new year will see a series of tests in the development of the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) Mark III, which is expected to take to the skies in 2010-11 period.
The new rocket, which can put a four tonne satellite in orbit, will help Antrix Corporation, ISRO's commercial arm, to offer cheapest space launches in the niche market. The regular GSLV can put 2.2 tonne satellites in orbit.

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