NEW DELHI: Doordarshan telecasts the launch of GSAT-7 maritime Communications Satellite live from Kourou in French Guyana.

The live telecast on the national channel was from 02:00 am till the end today. A recording of the launch will be repeated from 10.00 am.

The launch from the European space consortium, Arianespace will be India's 71st satellite developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) since 1975.