India Launches Communications Satellite Dedicated To Education

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India successfully launched a communications satellite dedicated to teaching Sept. 20 aboard the third flight of its Geostationary Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV). The $20 million Edusat spacecraft will link schools and colleges to remote classrooms in five states in what government officials called a precursor to a nationwide space-based educational service to be in place by 2010. The 1,950-kilogram Edusat was launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Center at Sriharikota, 80 kilometers north of here, on the first operational flight of the GSLV. The launch was telecast live by Do-ordarshan, the state-owned television network.