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Bangalore, India (PTI) Aug 30, 2007 The countdown for the launch of a rocket from Sriharikota, about 100 km from here, carrying India's communication satellite INSAT-4CR, will start today. "The countdown for the launch will start today afternoon," ISRO sources told PTI. The 49-metre tall rocket will be launched at 4.21 p.m. from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota, they said. The GSLV-F04, the fifth in the GSLV series, will put INSAT-4CR into a Geosynchronous Transfer orbit of 170 km perigee and 35,975 km apogee with an orbital inclination of 21.7 degrees, about 16 minutes and 40 seconds after lift off. "The satellite will carry 12 high-powered KU-band transponders for DTH services, video picture transmission and Digital Satellite News Gathering," the sources said. The satellite will subsequently be manoeuvred into geostationary orbit using its own propulsion system. ISRO scientists have taken all efforts to ensure that the vehicle does not meet the same fate of its predecessor, the GSLV-F02, in July 2006, when it had strayed away from its path, forcing scientists to destroy it, 56 seconds after take off.
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E'Prime Aerospace Corporation Selects First Launch Operations Facility
Falls Church VA (SPX) Aug 28, 2007E'Prime Aerospace has announced the selection of Virginia Commercial Space Flight Authority's Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) as E'Prime's Launch site for the Canister Launch Program and E'Prime's engagement of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA/AST) for a Launch License to operate from MARS.
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