India all set for its Rs 200-cr space mission

August 19, 2013 13:57

NDTV reports: India will launch a home-made massive rocket and a communications satellite, GSAT-14 at 4.50 pm today. This is the second time in three years that an Indian-made cryogenic engine will be used for a rocket to deposit an advanced communications satellite in space.

The rocket has cost the country Rs 160 crore, and the satellite's price is Rs 45 crore. So the mission costs over Rs. 200 crore.

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