India's space agency is all set for one of its most ambitious tests as it readies for the unique maiden flight today of its heaviest rocket to date - the 630-tonne, three-stage rocket Geo-Synchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark III.
Live updates on GSLV Mark III
Some pictures from today's LV M3 rocket launch from Sriharikota.
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It will still take another two years for the LV M3 rocket to be fully operational.
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ISRO launches GSLV Mark III: prototype crew module splashes down successfully in Bay of Bengal
'It is a significant day in India's space history', says ISRO Chairman K Radhakrishnan after launch of GSLV Mark III.
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The launch of India's largest rocket, GSLV Mark III also marks the beginning of what could be its initiation into the human space flight programme.
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