<div>To script a new history in the space technology, the Indian Space Research Organisation is all set to launch its heaviest GSLV-Mk III rocket carrying high-tech communication satellite on Monday from country's spaceport in Sriharikota with the twenty-five and half hour countdown process started on Sunday.<div><br /></div><div>A senior spokesperson told Deccan Herald that the Mission Readiness Review (MRR) committee and Launch Authorisation Board (LAB) have cleared the 25 and a half hour countdown of GSLV MkIII D1 / GSAT-19 mission for Sunday starting at 3.58 pm.</div><div><br /></div><div>GSLV-Mk III is capable launching four ton class of satellites to Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO). The GSLV rocket is the first developmental flight, carrying 3,136kg GSAT-19 satellite to a GTO.</div><div><br /></div><div>The ISRO official said that GSLV Mk III-D1/GSAT-19 mission is scheduled to be launched on 5, June 2017 at 4.28 pm from the second launch pad at SDSC SHAR, Sriharikota.</div><div><br /></div><div>He said the design and development of GSLV Mk III are based on ISRO's rich experience in handling solid, liquid and cryogenic rocket propulsion technologies.</div><div><br /></div><div>"The first suborbital test flight of GSLV Mk III was successfully conducted on December 18, 2014", he added.</div><div><br /></div><div>GSAT-19 satellite with a lift-off mass of 3136 kg, is the communication satellite of India, configured around the ISRO’s standard I-3K bus.</div><div><br /></div><div>GSAT-19 carries Ka/Ku-band high throughput communication transponders. Besides, it carries a Geostationary Radiation Spectrometer (GRASP) payload to monitor and study the nature of charged particles and the influence of space radiation on satellites and their electronic components. </div><div><br /></div><div>GSAT-19 also features certain advanced spacecraft technologies including miniaturised heat pipe, fibre optic gyro, Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) accelerometer, Ku-band TTC transponder, as well an indigenous Lithium-ion Battery.</div></div>
<div>To script a new history in the space technology, the Indian Space Research Organisation is all set to launch its heaviest GSLV-Mk III rocket carrying high-tech communication satellite on Monday from country's spaceport in Sriharikota with the twenty-five and half hour countdown process started on Sunday.<div><br /></div><div>A senior spokesperson told Deccan Herald that the Mission Readiness Review (MRR) committee and Launch Authorisation Board (LAB) have cleared the 25 and a half hour countdown of GSLV MkIII D1 / GSAT-19 mission for Sunday starting at 3.58 pm.</div><div><br /></div><div>GSLV-Mk III is capable launching four ton class of satellites to Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO). The GSLV rocket is the first developmental flight, carrying 3,136kg GSAT-19 satellite to a GTO.</div><div><br /></div><div>The ISRO official said that GSLV Mk III-D1/GSAT-19 mission is scheduled to be launched on 5, June 2017 at 4.28 pm from the second launch pad at SDSC SHAR, Sriharikota.</div><div><br /></div><div>He said the design and development of GSLV Mk III are based on ISRO's rich experience in handling solid, liquid and cryogenic rocket propulsion technologies.</div><div><br /></div><div>"The first suborbital test flight of GSLV Mk III was successfully conducted on December 18, 2014", he added.</div><div><br /></div><div>GSAT-19 satellite with a lift-off mass of 3136 kg, is the communication satellite of India, configured around the ISRO’s standard I-3K bus.</div><div><br /></div><div>GSAT-19 carries Ka/Ku-band high throughput communication transponders. Besides, it carries a Geostationary Radiation Spectrometer (GRASP) payload to monitor and study the nature of charged particles and the influence of space radiation on satellites and their electronic components. </div><div><br /></div><div>GSAT-19 also features certain advanced spacecraft technologies including miniaturised heat pipe, fibre optic gyro, Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) accelerometer, Ku-band TTC transponder, as well an indigenous Lithium-ion Battery.</div></div>
