The BlueBird Block-2 satellite, weighing over six tons, successfully reached orbit following a milestone launch by India's space agency ISRO. New Delhi hopes to use the same US-built rocket to fly humans into space.
The Indian space agency on Wednesday launched a LVM-3 rocket carrying its heaviest-ever satellite — BlueBird Block-2 — from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in southern India.
BlueBird Block-2 weighs 6,100 kilograms (over 6 tons), making the largest-ev... [1123 chars]