The experimental mission will cost Rs 155 crore. "This will be India's new launch vehicle. It is bigger and can carry satellites up to four tonnes," said S Somanath, project director of GSLV Mark III. According to Prasad, this rocket will not have the critical cryogenic engine for putting four-tonne satellites into orbit. "The cryogenic engine is under development and will take more two years to be ready," he said. As the other rocket engines are ready, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) decided to have this mission. About the crew module, Prasad said it will not carry any living being and was only for study purposes.
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India will test-launch its heaviest and upgraded rocket, the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV Mark III), sometime in the middle of next month, a senior official of the Indian space agency said on Saturday. The rocket will also carry a crew module to test its re-entry characteristics. "The main purpose of the mission is to test the atmospheric characteristics and stability of the rocket on its way up. We also decided to use this opportunity to test one component of the crew module — a human space mission that India may embark on at a later date," MYS Prasad, director of the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, told reporters here.
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