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GSAT-7A is the 35th Indian communication satellite built by ISRO.
This is the 44th flight of PSLV and 13th one in the 'Core Alone' mode, sans the solid strap-on motors.
GSLV MkIII’s first stage comprises of two S-200 solid rocket motors. It is the second biggest booster currently active in the world.
This will be the ISRO’s fifth launch of the year, 67th launch vehicle mission from SDSC and 33rd communication satellite from the premier space agency.
The cyclone, christened 'Gaja', which lay around 860 kms northeast of Chennai and moving at a speed of 12 kmph is likely to intensify into a 'severe cyclonic storm' within the next 24 hours, a bulletin issued at 4 PM said.
A giant condom as a raincoat for an Indian rocket, Kalam being admired and ridiculed... the book is all about the people involved in the SLV-3 project, their aspirations and the evolution of ISRO.
The PSLV-C42 lifted off from the First Launch Pad of SHAR at 10.08 pm.
The satellite will be launched in October 2019 from the spaceport at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh as a replacement for GSAT-6A.
The successful test on the technology demonstrator brought ISRO a step closer to its ambitious and yet-to-be-named future manned mission – the Human Spaceflight Programme.