 |  Isro successfully tests world’s 3rd largest solid booster
 25 January 2010
India successfully conducted static testing of its largest solid propellant booster, S200, which will form the strap-on stage for the GSLV-Mk III launch vehicle being developed for putting heavier satellites in space.
S200 is the third largest solid booster in the world after the RSRM solid booster of Space Shuttle and P230 solid booster of European rocket ARIANE-5.
"Solid propellant booster Rocket Stage S200 underwent the test at Satish Dhawan Space Centre in the spaceport of Sriharikota, 80 kms northwest of Chennai," ISRO said in a statement.
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