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New Delhi, India (PTI) Mar 02, 2009 As the country readies itself for putting a human on a space flight, scientists are busy developing next generation rockets that can carry more astronauts and put heavier satellites in orbit. The Geostationary Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark III (GSLV Mk III), expected to be launched in the next three years, will give the country self-sufficiency in launching the entire range of satellites. "If everything goes through successfully, we can attempt a launch by 2011 beginning," GLSV Mk III Project Director N Narayan Moorthy told PTI here. Scientists at the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) in Thiruvananthapuram will carry out testing of all engines this year. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) scientists also said the GSLV Mk III will enable them to send "heavier and more meaningful" probes to Mars and also help send more astronauts on a single mission. ISRO is planning to use the current version of the GSLV in the human space flight it plans to undertake in 2015. "In case we use Mark III, we can send three persons instead of two by the regular GSLV," an ISRO scientist said. The GSLV is capable of launching 2.5-tonne satellites and ISRO has to depend on the European Space Agency to put in orbit its communications satellites.
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