India’s Space Race.docVIP

India’s Space Race 　　India has become the sixth space player in the world to have mastered the cryogenic propulsion technology after the United States， Russia， Europe， Japan and China. On January 5， at the Indian Space Research Organization （ISRO）’s Satish Dhawan Space Center in the eastern coastal city of Sriharikota， a satellite launch vehicle dubbed GSLV （geosynchronous satellite launch vehicle）-MK2 rocketed into the sky. Seventeen minutes later， the rocket successfully placed a satellite into its orbit. 　　This was the second launch of the GSLVMK2 rocket. The model’s first launch failed in