Today news.Isro’s GSLV-MkIII-D2 rocket places GSAT-29 in orbit; mission success gives Isro a boost before Chandrayaan-2 and manned mission

Isro chairman K Sivan said, “With the successful launch, we have completed the developmental flights of GSLV MkIII.” He said the first operational flight of GSLV MkIII would be 

Chandrayaan-2

 🔊planned in January 2019. The rocket would also carry human to space. “The first unmanned mission will be in December 2020. There will be one more unmanned mission before the manned mission. The manned mission is planned for December


He said nearly 90% of the activity in this mission had been done by industry for both the launcher and the satellite. “They supplied flawless systems and hardware for the mission,” he said