,After slotting its nine-day-old navigation satellite, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)now turns full steam on its next andhigh-stakes test, the flight of the Geo Synchronous Launch Vehicle (GSLV) medium-lift satellite launcher. ISRO Chairman and Department of Space Secretary K. Radhakrishnan on Monday said the launcher, numbered GSLV-D5, was planned for launch in the second week of next month but not before August 6. After two-and-half years The GSLV, which is so crucial for thecountry's space programme, is being resumed after two-and-half years. Two consecutive launchers flown in 2010 failed, setting back the programme and putting the vehicle and the indigenous cryogenic stage through rigorous checks and tests. It will be also the second outing of the homemade cryogenic stage, in place of the Russian stages that powered six of the seven previously flown GSLVs.
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