India's space agency is all set for one of its most ambitious tests as it readies for the unique maiden flight today of its heaviest rocket to date - the 630-tonne, three-stage rocket Geo-Synchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark III.
Live updates on GSLV Mark III
Some pictures from today's LV M3 rocket launch from Sriharikota.
It will still take another two years for the LV M3 rocket to be fully operational.
ISRO launches GSLV Mark III: prototype crew module splashes down successfully in Bay of Bengal
'It is a significant day in India's space history', says ISRO Chairman K Radhakrishnan after launch of GSLV Mark III.
The launch of India's largest rocket, GSLV Mark III also marks the beginning of what could be its initiation into the human space flight programme.
