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Indian satellite rocket explodes after lift-off: TV

Published on 25 December 2010 - 1:00pm
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An Indian space rocket carrying a communications satellite exploded Saturday after lifting off from southern India, TV footage showed.

The rocket exploded in a plume of smoke and fire after taking off from the Sriharikota launch site, some 80 kilometres (50 miles) from the southern Indian city of Chennai.

© ANP/AFP
  • An Indian rocket blasts off from a launch pad at Sriharikota in April 2007. ...

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