T'gana CM greets ISRO for successful launch of GSLV Mk-III

Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao today congratulated the ISRO officials for the successful launch of the indigenously-developed GSLV-Mk III, India's heaviest rocket, from the space port of Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh.
"The country feels proud with the ISRO's successful launch," Rao said in an official release.
The chief minister further said that today's successful launch was yet another milestone in the ISRO's achievements.
The 43.43 metre tall rocket lifted off at5.28 pmfrom the second launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota and launched the 3,136 kg GSAT-19, the heaviest satellite to be launched from the country yet, into orbit about 16 minutes later.