 "GSLV-Mk III, GSAT-19, Isro")
India's heaviest rocket, the GSLV-MK III, will blast off into space carrying the GSAT-19 satellite from Sriharikota today at 5.28 pm.
The Indian Space Research Organisation's (Isro's) Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mk III (GSLV-Mk III), nicknamed 'Fat Boy', can launch a four-tonne communication satellite into a higher orbit than previous launch vehicles.
More significantly, the rocket also has the potential to carry a ten-tonne capsule for a manned mission to space.
In its first developmental flight, the GSLV-MK III-D1 will carry communication satellite GSAT-19, which weighs 3,136 kg, as it blasts off from the second launch pad at the rocket
