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Photos: India's GSLV-D5 carrying communication satellite GSAT-14 launch

The successful launch of GSLV will make one of the cutting edge technological breakthroughs — manned mission to space — a possibility. Here are the images

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FP Staff|Jan 06, 2014, 08:34:52 IST

[caption id="attachment_1323757" align="alignleft" width="940"]India's Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-D5) blasts off carrying a 1980 kg (4365 pounds) GSAT-14 communication satellite from the Satish Dhawan space centre at Sriharikota, about 100 km (62 miles) north of the southern Indian city of Chennai, January 5, 2014. REUTERS India's Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-D5) blasts off carrying a 1980 kg (4365 pounds) GSAT-14 communication satellite from the Satish Dhawan space centre at Sriharikota, about 100 km (62 miles) north of the southern Indian city of Chennai, January 5, 2014. REUTERS[/caption] [caption id="attachment_1323759" align="alignleft" width="940"]ISRO Chairman Radhakrishnan and his team at the press conference after India successfully launched rejuvenated indigenous cryogenic engine- fitted GSLV-D5 carrying communication satellite GSAT-14 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (ISRO) at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh on Sunday. PTI ISRO Chairman Radhakrishnan and his team at the press conference after India successfully launched rejuvenated indigenous cryogenic engine- fitted GSLV-D5 carrying communication satellite GSAT-14 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (ISRO) at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh on Sunday. PTI[/caption] [caption id="attachment_1323761" align="alignleft" width="940"]India successfully launched rejuvenated indigenous cryogenic engine- fitted GSLV-D5 carrying communication satellite GSAT-14 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (ISRO) at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh on Sunday. PTI India successfully launched rejuvenated indigenous cryogenic engine- fitted GSLV-D5 carrying communication satellite GSAT-14 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (ISRO) at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh on Sunday. PTI[/caption] [caption id="attachment_1323763" align="alignleft" width="940"]India successfully launched rejuvenated indigenous cryogenic engine- fitted GSLV-D5 carrying communication satellite GSAT-14 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (ISRO) at Sriharikota in Andra Pradesh on Sunday. PTI India successfully launched rejuvenated indigenous cryogenic engine- fitted GSLV-D5 carrying communication satellite GSAT-14 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (ISRO) at Sriharikota in Andra Pradesh on Sunday. PTI[/caption]

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First Published:Jan 06, 2014, 08:34:52 IST
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