India launches GSLV-D2, tests Astra missile

NEW DELHI - India launched an experimental communications satellite May 8 on the second flight of the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV). As in the first flight of the GSLV in 2001, the second developmental GSLV (GSLV-D2) used a Russian-built cryogenic engine for its third stage, said an...

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