ISRO's next rocket aims to be 40 stories tall, will launch 75 tons, says Narayanan

ISRO Chairman V Narayanan, while delivering the convocation address at Osmania University on Tuesday, announced that the space agency is developing a massive rocket as high as a 40-storey building to place a 75-tonne payload into low Earth orbit. He said ISRO's plans for this year also include a new NAVIC satellite, the N1 rocket, and the launch of a 6,500 kg US communication satellite using Indian rockets.

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