I remember an old joke, current during the ASLV series of rockets, which
had similar hitches.
Lots of people were calling them "All Sea Loving Vehicles"
Subhas wrote:
Let me just take this chance to mourn the failure of our GSLV launch. Coupled
with yesterday's Agni-III test failure, it seems to be the worst two days in
Indian Aviation & Space Research in the last decade...
But, anyway, this should be seen only as a hiccup, and not a heart attack.
The next INSAT series will be launched as-usual in French Guyana.