ISRO launches advanced weather satellite

September 08, 2016 17:16

ISRO launched the advanced weather satellite INSAT-3DR on-board GSLV-F05 on Thursday.

The launch of the GSLV-F05 marks the tenth flight of India's Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle, designed to inject 2 to 2.5 ton class of satellites in geostationary orbits.

The rocket is almost 49 meters high -- as much as a 17-floor building. It weighs 415 tons -- as much as the combined weight of 80 full grown elephants.

India took 20 years to master this technology after Russia reneged on a deal to transfer the technology in the early 1990s at the behest of the US.

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