India successfully launches South Asia satellite

The GSLV-F09 rocket carrying India's GSAT-9, or the South Asia Communication Satellite, blasts off from the launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, India, May 5, 2017. In its biggest space diplomacy push, Indian launched a South Asia communication satellite on Friday from the spaceport of Sriharikota in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh. (Xinhua/Stringer)