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ISRO was to launch India's heaviest communication satellite GSAT-5P, weighing 2,130 kg, with 24 C-band transponders and 12 extended C-band transponders.
GSAT-5P was scheduled to replace the INSAT-2E to provide continuity communications satellite.
The causes and the circumstances of the rocket failure have not been announced. According to preliminary information, there could have been problems with the rocket’s first stage, the TV channel said.

The previous launch in the spring of this year was also unsuccessful after the rocket fell into the Bay of Bengal 304 seconds after liftoff as its cryogenic engine failed to perform. The rocket tumbled, lost altitude and finally splashed down in the sea.

India is seeking to become the sixth country to develop its own cryogenic booster sections, necessary for lifting heavy satellites to geostationary orbit. Until recently, only the United States, Russia, France, Japan and China had the technology.
GSLV-F06 lifted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota at 4:04 PM on December 25 2010 Saturday evening after the 29-hour countdown.

Soon after the launch rocket deviated from its intended path and exploded mid-air destroying the Rs 125 crore communication satellite GSAT-5P.