India gets a solid boost to its rockets

Chennai/Bengaluru/Nellore, Jan. 24: India’s dream of sending heavy communication satellites into the 36,000 km geostationary orbit has become a reality with engineers of the Indian Space Research Organisation successfully test-firing a solid booster rocket (S200) at the Satish Dhavan Space Centre, Sriharikota on Sunday.

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