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MARCH 2018-SCIENCE AND TECH NEWS

India Successfully Launches GSAT-6A Communication Satellite

  • ISRO successfully launched the GSLV-F08 carrying the GSAT6A communication satellite from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh.

  • The GSAT-6A satellite will be put into orbit around 17 minutes after the rocket’s liftoff.

  • GSLV Mk II (F08) carrying GSAT-6A took off from the second launch pad in Sriharikota.

Russia ‘test-fires hypersonic missile’

  • Russia test-launched a hypersonic missile from a Mig-31 supersonic interceptor jet that took off from an airfield.
  • The hypersonic missile has been described as “Kinzhal missile” – named after a type of dagger – as “an ideal weapon”.
  • The Kinzhal is said to travel at 10 times the speed of sound and have a range of 2,000 km (1,200 miles).

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