In a setback to India’s ambitious space programme, the launch of a communication satellite aboard a homegrown vehicle failed after the rocket exploded midair minutes after the lift-off from the spaceport in Sriharikota.
The mission, aimed at putting India in a club of countries with the technology to put heavy satellites in orbit, failed when the rocket developed a snag soon after lift-off in the first stage itself.
This is the second failure this year for ISRO after the previous (Geostationary Satellite Launch Vehicle) GSLV mission with the country's maiden cryogenic engine hit a snag and the rocket plunged into the Bay of Bengal on April 15 this year.
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