NEW DELHI — After scrubbing the launch of its Geostationary Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-D5) Aug. 19 due to a fuel leak in the rocket’s second stage, India may consider destacking the rocket and swapping for a backup engine. “We have the standby for the second-stage engine. It is similar to the one used for the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle [PSLV],” a scientist at the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) says. But “first we have to see what went wrong with the [GSLV] launch,” he says.

NEW DELHI — India’s Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) has signed a contract worth 30 billion rupees ($475 million) with the country’s defense ministry to supply Invar anti-tank guided missiles to the Indian army. “The deliveries are expected to be completed over the next five years,” a defense ministry spokesman says. In 2011, India approved the purchase of 25,000 Invar missiles to be carried on the army’s T-90 tanks.

NEW DELHI — India’s first dedicated military communications satellite, GSAT-7, will be launched at the end of August, a senior scientist says. GSAT-7, which will primarily serve the Indian navy, is slated for launch on Aug. 30 from Europe’s spaceport at Kourou, French Guiana, aboard an Ariane 5 rocket, a scientist at the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) says.