Countdown for communication satellite GSLV-D5 launch to begin at 11.50am on Sunday

The 29-hour countdown for the launch of GSLV-D5, powered by indigenous cryogenic upper stage and carrying communication satellite GSAT-14, from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh will begin tomorrow at 11.50am, Isro chairman K Radhakrishnan said. "Preparations for the launch of GSLV-D5, which is slated to be placed in orbit on GSAT-14, an advanced communication satellite, is progressing well. The countdown will begin at 11.50am and the launch is scheduled at 4.30pm on August 19," he told reporters at Chennai airport en route to Sriharikota. More

(Source: Times of India - Aug 18)