By IANS
Sriharikota : A rocket carrying India’s latest communication satellite lifted from this launch pad in Andhra Pradesh Sunday evening after a series of delays caused by a technical glitch.
The launch of the geo-synchronous satellite launch vehicle GSLV-F04 was originally scheduled for 4.21 p.m. but was successively delayed as scientists worked furiously to get over the glitch, an official here said, without specifying what the problem was.
“The automatic launch sequence takes over 15 seconds prior to lift-off. It was stopped when a glitch was detected at this stage. Some of the parameters pertaining to the launch vehicle were not on the expected lines,” the official said.
The GSLV-F04 is to put into orbit the Insat-4CR communications satellite.