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Isro's GSLV-F09 blasts off with South Asia Satellite on board, a big boost to India's space diplomacy

For the first time, New Delhi has flexed its prowess of space technology by embarking on unprecedented and un-chartered stratospheric diplomacy.

Isro's South Asia Satellite launch: Tracing the three-year journey of Narendra Modi's pet project

Modi has conceived the idea of a South Asia Satellite, and kept working on it over a course of three years.

Countdown for Isro's South Asia Satellite launch on board the GSLV-F09 to begin today

The GSLV rocket with the satellite is expected to blast off from the second launch pad around 5.30 p.m. on Friday the 5 May.

Chinese state newspaper praises India's SAARC satellite to be launched by Isro on 5 May

The paper also called for China-India space cooperation which was mooted during the visit of former President APJ Abdul Kalam to China in 2012.