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In readiness for launch on 8 April, ESA’s CryoSat-2 ice satellite has now joined the rest of the Dnepr rocket in the launch silo at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

The flight of India’s first GSLV with an indigenous cryogenic engine has been scheduled for 15 April (local time).
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An indigenous cryogenic engine will power India’s Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) for the first time when it launches in April. The exact launch date is to be announced soon.

Rocket: Proton M/Briz M; Payload: EchoStar XIV; Date: 20 March 2010, 1827 UTC; Launch site: Baikonur, Kazakhstan-.After a nine-hour, 10-minute mission, the Briz M successfully released the satellite into geosynchronous transfer orbit.