Lift off
More than a year after I mourned for ISRO’s splash down, today we finally have a lift-off of the same launch vehicle carrying identical satellite!
GSLV-F04 successfully placed INSAT-4CR in Orbit. In my opinion, It is a defining moment for Indian space program, firstly because it is first of INSAT series to be launched from Indian Soil (Earlier INSAT vehicles were piggybacked to Arena rocket launched from Kourou, French Guiana), and secondly it puts in confidence in our mission to moon and manned space flight. And of course, dozen of high-power Ku-band transponders onboard will make your network television look even better..!!
Go ISRO!
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(Picture taken from ISRO website without permission).
