India launches digital transmission satellite

India sent into orbit a rocket carrying the replacement for a communications satellite destroyed last year, raising its hopes of competing for global satellite launch business. The 49-metre (1,481-feet) rocket carrying the Insat-4CR satellite blasted off from the Sriharikota space station in southern India at 6:21 pm (1251 GMT) on Sunday after a two-hour delay due to a technical glitch. More

(Source: Half Life Source - May 20)