GSLV D5 SUCCESSFULLY PLACES GSAT-14 ON ORBIT

GSLV - D5 & GSAT- 14

In a new year gift to the nation, ISRO on Sunday successfully launched a Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV D5) with an indigenous cryogenic engine from the spaceport of Satish Dhawan Space Centre Sriharikota, entering a select club of nations.

ISRO said, 'India’s tryst with Cryogenic propulsion bears fruit. Flight-testing of Indian cryogenic engine/GSLV D5 is successful'.

With this launch, ISRO became the sixth space agency in the world after USA, Russia, Japan, China and France to have tasted success with an indigenous cryogenic engine.