India launches its heaviest rocket into space
China Daily | Updated: 2017-06-06 07:12
NEW DELHI - India on Monday launched its heaviest rocket that scientists say could be used in the future to carry an astronaut into space.
The homegrown Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mk III lifted off from the southern spaceport of Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh state at 5:28 pm local time.
The 13-story high rocket carried a communications satellite weighing more than 3 metric tons, state-owned Indian Space Research Organization said.
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