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Indian Launch Vehicle Explodes After Lift-Off

Posted by timothy on from the christmas-setback dept.

Indian communications satellite GSAT-5P was destroyed by the explosion of its launch vehicle, the Geostationary Satellite Launch Vehicle. The GSLV malfunctioned while still in its first phase of its Christmas launch, after less than a minute of flight. YouTube has a video of the explosion, taken from TV9 Kannada.

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  1. Re:At least tech support is a local call by BangaIorean · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    And here comes the first moron with a call center joke. Well, some things never change...