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Congrats ISRO, one step forward in putting an Indian in space and on the moon !! Launch sequence as it happened

Yes your math is correct. GSLV D5 mark 2 has 4 Vikas engines and the combined thrust is 2,720 kilonewtons While GSLV mark 3 has 2 S-200 solid propellant boosters which is having a thrust of 5151 kN in booster stage.

Please explain the bold part.

Solid Boosters have the advantages compared to liquid boosters. Liquid boosters has the fuel leakage problems as we faced in GSLV D5 mark 2 in its first attempt. Solid propellant Boosters are also easy to transport. Each S-200 boosters produce 500 tonnes of thrust which is enough to...