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ISRO's "Naughty Boy" To Launch India's Latest Weat

ISRO's "Naughty Boy" To Launch India's Latest Weather Satellite Tomorrow

The Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle is scheduled to lift off with a weather satellite from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh at 5.35 pm on Saturday


New Delhi: 
When India launches its latest weather satellite on Saturday, it will be using a rocket that has been dubbed the "naughty boy" of the Indian space agency.
The Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV), which is scheduled to lift off with the INSAT-3DS satellite from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh at 5.35 pm on Saturday, was called "naughty boy" by a former chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) since the rocket has not performed adequately in six of its 15 flights - a failure rate of 40 per cent. The last launch of the GSLV, on May 29, 2023, was successful but the one before that  - on August 12, 2021 - was a failure.

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