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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

Dec 18, 2014 21:23 (IST)
Some pictures from today's LV M3 rocket launch from Sriharikota.



It will still take another two years for the LV M3 rocket to be fully operational.


Dec 18, 2014 11:04 (IST)

Dec 18, 2014 10:06 (IST)

Dec 18, 2014 10:02 (IST)
ISRO launches GSLV Mark III: prototype crew module splashes down successfully in Bay of Bengal
 
Dec 18, 2014 09:59 (IST)
'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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Dec 18, 2014 09:57 (IST)
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.