The failure of India's Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) July 10 could delay next year's planned launch of an Israeli-built telescope aboard a similar rocket and also might lead the country to temporarily lease Ku-band capacity aboard foreign satellites, officials here said. The GSLV will be grounded at least a year following the failure, which destroyed the domestically built Insat-4C television broadcasting satellite. The rocket was destroyed on command when it veered off course seconds after lifting off from the Satish Dhawan Space Center at Sriharikota.
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