India’s Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle rolls from its assembly facility to the Second Launch Pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Center on India’s east coast to enter final preparation for a May 2017 liftoff with the GSAT-9 communications satellite

A Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle is assembled at the Satish Dhawan Space Center for the launch of the GSAT-9 communications satellites in the Spring 2017.

India’s GSAT-9 communications satellite, also known as South Asia Sat, undergoes final pre-launch processing before being shipped to the Satish Dhawan Space Center