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'Monster' rocket 'selfie' delights India

Indians are delighted after seeing "selfie footage" from the country's heaviest rocket. The onboard footage from the 640-tonne "monster" rocket, India's largest, has been widely shared since it was released by the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) on Monday.
Isro's latest rocket, the GSLV Mark III, blasted off from a launching site off the Bay of Bengal in Sriharikota on Monday.
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India launches 'monster' rocket

India's space agency has successfully launched its heaviest rocket.
The 640-tonne rocket blasted off from a launching site off the Bay of Bengal in Sriharikota.
As one website put it, "it's been a big day for India". The rocket will reduce the Indian Space Research Organisation's (Isro) reliance on European vehicles to launch heavy satellites.
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Experimental launch of GLSV Mark III in May or June: ISRO

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Heaviest rocket launch in 2014

India;s heaviest rocket ever is expected to take to the sky next January on an experimental flight whose later versions could be used to send humans on space missions.
The mainstay of the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle - Mark III (GSLV-Mk III) would be to put in orbit communication satellites weighing between four and five tonnes, thus packing more transponders per launch.
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GSLV-Mk-III to place communication satellite in orbit

The GSLV (Geo-Synchronous Launch Vehicle)-Mk (Mark)-III that is to be launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for experimental purposes next year is designed to place a communication satellite in orbit, according to K. Narayana, honorary adviser and former director of the Sathish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC), ISRO, SHAR (Sriharikotta).
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