India launches its heaviest rocket into space

Source: Xinhua| 2017-06-05 20:37:37|Editor: Zhou Xin

INDIA-SRIHARIKOTA-HEAVIEST HOME-MADE ROCKET-LAUNCH

Photo taken on June 5, 2017 shows the GSLV Mark III rocket carrying a satellite launching at Satish Dhawan Space Center in Andhra Pradesh, India. India Monday launched its heaviest home-made rocket, named Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle or (GSLV) Mark III and weighing around 640 tonnes, at the southern spaceport of Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh state at 5:28 p.m. local time. (Xinhua/Stringer)

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