GSLV F06 mission has failed. The launch vehicle blasted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota at 4.04 this evening.AIR correspondent reports from Sriharikota that minutes after blast off, the launch vehicle appeared to lose control and burst into flames. Several pieces from the rocket carrying the satellite GSAT 5P were seen plunging into the sea. It was all over in three minutes for GSLV F06. Meanwhile, speaking to newsmen after the failed mission, ISRO chairman Mr. K.Radhakrishnan said the destruction command was issued by the safety officer 63 seconds after lift off after the launch vehicle broke. He said the command was issued at a time when the vehicle was at an altitude of 8 kms and a distance of 2.5 kms from sriharikota coastline. Stating that there were no problems with the design of GSLV, Mr. Radhakrishnan said the problem seemed to be of some chord snapping. He said senior scientists and the review board will hold discussions tonight and tomorrow to make an assessment of what went wrong with the mission. ISRO chairman said the failure of today’s launch will have no impact on the future launches lined up in the next couple of months. He said the next launch would be a PSLV and is scheduled for 1st week of February.