An Indian Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle tumbled out of control five minutes after liftoff Wednesday when the rocket’s cryogenic upper stage failed to ignite, destroying a long-delayed Earth observation spacecraft and ending a streak of 16 straight successful Indian space launches. Full story: https://spaceflightnow.com/2021/08/12/indian-rocket-failure-blamed-on-upper-stage-malfunction/ | Spaceflight Now

GSLV-F15 is the 17th flight of India’s Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) and 11th flight with Indigenous Cryo stage. It is the 8th operational flight of GSLV with an indigenous Cryogenic stage and 100th Launch from the India’s Spaceport Sriharikota. GSLV-F15 payload fairing is a metallic version with a diameter of 3.4 meters. ISRO - Indian Space Research Organisation #GSLVF15 #NVS02 #ISRO #SpaceMission #IsroInSpace #AndhraPradesh | DDNewsLive

A formidable new radar satellite jointly developed by the United States and India launched on Wednesday, designed to track subtle changes in Earth’s land and ice surfaces and help predict both natural and human-caused hazards. Dubbed NISAR (Nasa-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar), the pickup truck-sized spacecraft blasted off around 5:40pm (5:10pm PKT) from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre on India’s southeastern coast, riding an ISRO Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle rocket. A livestream of the

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is set to launch country's 35th communication satellite GSAT 7A onboard the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV - F11) today. | The Times of India