GSLV III Successful Launch

India has successfully launched their GSLV III booster. This is a
rocket in roughly the same class as the Falcon 9, with a payload of 4
tonnes to GTO. The goal of this program is to save India money on
heavy satellite launches and to perhaps enter the market space that
Falcon 9 (and others) are in.

I haven't seen any data on actual cost to launch, but it is all
expendable and uses two big solid strap-ons, so I can't see it
approaching the costs of a Falcon 9. Time will tell.


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"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable
man persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore,
all progress depends on the unreasonable man."
--George Bernard Shaw