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Satellite launch ends in disaster From: Reuters From correspondents in Bangalore, India July 10, 2006 INDIA'S attempts to launch its heaviest satellite failed today when the rocket carrying it went into a tail-spin about a minute after blast off and disintegrated, a space official said. "We can not comment now on what went wrong," an official at the Indian Space Research Organisation, who did not wish to be named, said. Indian television channels showed the rocket bursting into flames after veering off its trajectory. The launch took place from the Sriharikota launch site off the country's southeastern coast in the Bay of Bengal. The telecommunications satellite weighing 2.2 tonnes would have been the heaviest-ever launched by India from its own soil. Scientists had said it would put India in an exclusive club in the international space launch market. Yesterday, the test-firing of India's longest-range nuclear-capable missile also failed, when the Agni III plunged into the sea after being in the air for only five minutes instead of the expected 15. Gregory S. Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply with a "Thank you" if you liked this post. _____________________________ MEDIANEWS mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
