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"GSLV Mark 3 launch in 2007"

By Our Staff Reporter

COIMBATORE, MARCH 1. India will launch the Geo-Synchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) Mark 3 in 2007, the Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), G. Madhavan Nair, told a press conference here today.

After delivering the convocation address at Bharathiar University, Mr. Nair said the moon exploration mission would be an unpiloted project for which ISRO had designed the spacecraft. "We have started the execution well on schedule, and the mission is likely to take place towards the end of 2007 or in early 2008."

The spacecraft would go within 100 km of the moon and capture images.

A piloted mission was "not there at the moment."

He said the Edusat educational satellite would create "virtual classrooms" in which a class by one teacher at a particular place would simultaneously reach several stations and promote interactive learning.

From the existing coverage in 250 stations, ISRO would extend transmission to 1,000 stations soon. Several universities, including Bharathiar University, would be nodal stations.

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