TIL Desk/National/Sriharikota/ The countdown is winding down for the lift off of India’s heaviest rocket, referred to as Baahubali, has begun at Sriharikota, in Andhra Pradesh on the coast of the Bay of Bengal. And if cyclone Gaja does not play spoilsport, Indian space agency Indian Space Research Organisation’s Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark III (GSLV Mk-III) — on its second developmental flight — will haul the sophisticated communications satellite GSAT-29 into space on Wednesday evening.
GSAT-29 carries Ka and Ku band high throughput transponders intended to meet the communication requirements of users, including in the North East and in Jammu and Kashmir. The ISRO chief said the Wednesday launch was one of the “very important missions and a milestone” for India’s space programme.
“This is GSLV-MkIII-D2 second developmental flight. It is going to launch very important and high throughput satellite GSAT-29. The satellite will be useful in Jammu and Kashmir and north east region for providing connectivity under the Centre’s Digital India programme”, he said. A successful launch would pave the way for producing very advanced satellite in future for ISRO, he said.
