Tuesday, July 19, 2005

Space story that began 25 years ago

Today is the silver jubilee of the country's first successful flight
of Satellite Launch Vehicle-3. At 08.03.45 a.m. on July 18, 1980, the
SLV-3 raced into the sky from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh and put
the 38.5 kg Rohini satellite into orbit eight minutes later. The
four-stage SLV-3 was 22 metres tall and weighed 17 tonnes. The fourth
stage hurtled the satellite into orbit at 28,000 km an hour.

read this whole aricle from THE HINDU

http://www.hindu.com/2005/07/18/stories/2005071802711300.htm

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