ISRO's GSLV-MkII rocket.

ISRO will be launching a GSLV-MkII rocket on September 8, at 4.10 pm, from the first launchpad at its spaceport in Sriharikota.

-The rocket will be carrying the INSAT-3DR satellite to a geostationary transfer orbit around Earth.

-The mission designation is F05.

INSAT-3DR

Launch date 8 September 2016

Rocket  GSLV Mk II F05

-It is an Indian weather satellite built by the Indian Space Research Organisation and operated by the Indian National Satellite System.

-It will provide meteorological services to India.

-The ISRO has scheduled INSAT-3DR for launch on 10 September 2016 aboard a Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV Mk II) from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, which was delayed from 28 August.

-The rocket will place it into a geostationary transfer orbit for eventual stationing in geosynchronous orbit at 74° E.

INSAT-3D

-It is a meteorological, data relay and satellite aided search and rescue satellite developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation and was launched successfully on 26 July 2013 using an Ariane 5 ECA launch vehicle from French Guiana.