GSLV-F14 carrying INSAT-3DS scheduled for launch from Satish Dhawan Space Centre

The GSLV-F14 carrying INSAT-3DS is scheduled for launch at 5.30 p.m.today from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. The GSLV-F14 is the 16th flight of the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle, GSLV, and the 10th flight with the indigenous cryo stage. This is the seventh operational flight of GSLV with an indigenous cryogenic stage and it will place INSAT-3DS satellite in a geosynchronous transfer orbit. 

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INSAT-3DS satellite is a follow-on mission of the third generation meteorological satellite from geostationary orbit. The satellite is an exclusive mission designed for enhanced meteorological observations, monitoring of land and ocean surfaces for weather forecasting and disaster warning. INSAT-3DS Satellite will be augmenting meteorological services along with the presently operational INSAT-3D and INSAT-3DR in-orbit satellites.