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Upcoming launch of India’s PSLV

New Dehli, India - ISRO aims at getting back on track

After the spectacular double failure of GSLV (Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle) in April and December 2010, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) hopes to put itself back on a winning trajectory with its new first launch of Pslv (Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle), scheduled for the first quarter of 2011, from Satish Dhawan Space Centre on Sriharikota island, off India's eastern coast....

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1125154
Rome, Italy, 01/28/2011 11:52
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