India To Launch Its First GSLV Satellite

Posted by timothy on Tuesday March 27, 2001 @07:46AM from the around-and-around dept.

NeoCode writes: "Tomorrow, India will launch its first GSLV satellite using the Russian launchers. Its an amazing feat since they have built the satellite from scratch. If the launch is successful, India will become the sixth nation (US, Russia, China, Japan and the European Space Agency being the others) to build and launch a GSLV class satellite. Rediff.com has complete coverage on the story behind the making of this satellite. More details can found here @CNN, @TribundIndia.com and @Space.com."

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What's GSLV? An answer by joshv · 2001-03-27 03:51 · Score: 5

GSLV=geosynchronous satellite launch vehicle.

I guess we all speak space jargon, so there was not need to put that on the front page.

-josh
And what a nation! by BMazurek · 2001-03-27 03:54 · Score: 4

... sixth nation...
European Space Agency

My map of Europe must be out of date, because I don't remember that nation...
Must be in the Balkans...