Friday, April 16, 2010

GSLV D3 rocket blasts off

Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh), April 15 (IANS) India’s GSLV D3 rocket, powered for the first time by an indigenous cryogenic engine, blasted off on time here Thursday with a GSAT 4 satellite. But there was tension minutes later as the rocket stopped emitting signals.

After the rocket attained a height of 60 km, scientists at the control room here said they’d stopped getting signals.

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