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GSLV rocket lifts off from Sriharikota

The Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle-FO4 lifted off from the Sriharikota launch range with India's latest communications satellite INSAT-4CR at 1821 IST on Sunday.

The launch was earlier postponed twice -- three seconds before the blast off and then to 1821 IST.

The countdown had stopped due to a "technical snag in parameters related to the launch", sources in the Indian Space Research Organisation said.

The GSLV will put into orbit the INSAT-4CR, which carries 12 high-power Ku-band transponders for direct-to-home television services, video picture transmission and digital satellite news gathering.

The last launch of the GSLV in July 2006 ended in failure, with the rocket falling into the Bay of Bengal shortly after blasting off from the Sriharikota launching range.

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