Isro's heaviest rocket carrying GSAT-29 communication satellite launched

GSLV Mk III is the fifth generation launch vehicle developed by Isro

Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) heaviest rocket Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle-Mark III (GSLV-Mk III) was successfully launched from the Sriharikota space port on Wednesday. The rocket is carrying India’s high throughput communication satellite, GSAT-29.

The rocket, weighing about 640 tonne and 43.4 metre tall, blasted off from the second launch pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre near Chennai at 5.08 pm on Wednesday.

GSLV Mk III-D2 is the second developmental flight of GSLV Mark-III. It would place the 3,423 kg satellite GSAT-29 satellite in the Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO) 16 minutes after the blast off. 

The satellite would be placed