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Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV D5) will be India’s attempt to flight-test its indigenously developed Cryogenic Engine and Stage.
This stage sips almost 13 tonnes of Liquid Hydrogen and Liquid Oxygen in just twelve minutes to produce a thrust of 75 kN.
This stage sips almost 13 tonnes of Liquid Hydrogen and Liquid Oxygen in just twelve minutes to produce a thrust of 75 kN.
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Isro should perform a big religious ritual like yagam before launch just to ensure launch becomes successful, just like Nasa performs big ceremony & ritual offerings. This is the only reason many Nasa flights are successful... :lol
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Countdown for India's GSLV rocket
to begin on January 4.
The launch will be the first mission of the GSLV after two such rockets failed in 2010.
CHENNAI: The countdown for the
launch of India's heavy-duty rocket - the geosynchronous satellite launch vehicle (GSLV) - that would carry communication satellite GSAT-14 is set to begin on January 4 morning, said a space agency official Thursday.
"The 29-hour countdown for the
GSLV launch is expected to commence around 11.20am on
Saturday and the rocket is expected to blast off at 4.18pm on Sunday from (India's rocket port) Sriharikota (in Andhra Pradesh)," an Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro)
official told IANS over phone from Bangalore on Thursday.
He did not want to be named in the report.
The space agency's Mission Readiness Review (MRR) team and
the Launch Authorisation Board
(LAB) has cleared the rocket launch for Jan 5. The rocket was moved to the launch pad December 28, 2013. In the wake of Isro's successful Mars mission last year, all eyes are on the space agency to see whether the
GSLV, powered by its own crucial
cryogenic engine, would successfully deliver its baby - communication satellite, the 1,982 kg GSAT-14 - into outer space. Isro was to launch this rocket last August but aborted it just hours before the deadline as the fuel started leaking from its second stage or engine.
According to the Isro official, the
second stage was replaced with a
new one built with a different metal. "We also replaced some critical components in the four strap-on motors of the first stage as a matter of precaution," said the official. The Sunday launch will be the first mission of the GSLV after two such rockets failed in 2010. One of the GSLV rockets was fitted with the Indian cryogenic engine and the other with a Russian engine.
The GSLV is a three-stage/engine
rocket. The first stage is fired with
solid fuel, the second is the liquid
fuel and the third is the cryogenic
engine. The successful launch of this rocket is crucial for India as it will be the first step towards building rockets that can carry heavier payloads, up to four tonnes.
According to Isro, several design
changes have been incorporated into the rocket for a safe blast-off.
Design changes were made in the
lower shroud/cover that protects the cryogenic engine during the
atmospheric flight; wire tunnel of
the cryogenic stage to withstand
larger forces during the flight; and
the revised aerodynamic characterisation of the entire rocket. Others included video imaging of lower shroud movement during various flight phases; fuel booster in cryogenic engine; and ignition sequence of the cryogenic engine. Isro said indigenisation of many critical systems, including liquid hydrogen propellant acquisition
system (to prevent possibility of
outside contamination), was
achieved. It is going to be a tense 17.8 minutes wait for the Isro scientists Sunday after the 49.13-metre tall rocket, weighing 414.75 tonnes blasts off till the GSLV safely delivers GSAT-14 to augment the Indian transponder - receivers and transmitters of signals - capacity. When that happens, India will join a select club of spacefaring nations having the crucial cryogenic engine technology necessary to carry heavy satellites up into space.
to begin on January 4.
The launch will be the first mission of the GSLV after two such rockets failed in 2010.
CHENNAI: The countdown for the
launch of India's heavy-duty rocket - the geosynchronous satellite launch vehicle (GSLV) - that would carry communication satellite GSAT-14 is set to begin on January 4 morning, said a space agency official Thursday.
"The 29-hour countdown for the
GSLV launch is expected to commence around 11.20am on
Saturday and the rocket is expected to blast off at 4.18pm on Sunday from (India's rocket port) Sriharikota (in Andhra Pradesh)," an Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro)
official told IANS over phone from Bangalore on Thursday.
He did not want to be named in the report.
The space agency's Mission Readiness Review (MRR) team and
the Launch Authorisation Board
(LAB) has cleared the rocket launch for Jan 5. The rocket was moved to the launch pad December 28, 2013. In the wake of Isro's successful Mars mission last year, all eyes are on the space agency to see whether the
GSLV, powered by its own crucial
cryogenic engine, would successfully deliver its baby - communication satellite, the 1,982 kg GSAT-14 - into outer space. Isro was to launch this rocket last August but aborted it just hours before the deadline as the fuel started leaking from its second stage or engine.
According to the Isro official, the
second stage was replaced with a
new one built with a different metal. "We also replaced some critical components in the four strap-on motors of the first stage as a matter of precaution," said the official. The Sunday launch will be the first mission of the GSLV after two such rockets failed in 2010. One of the GSLV rockets was fitted with the Indian cryogenic engine and the other with a Russian engine.
The GSLV is a three-stage/engine
rocket. The first stage is fired with
solid fuel, the second is the liquid
fuel and the third is the cryogenic
engine. The successful launch of this rocket is crucial for India as it will be the first step towards building rockets that can carry heavier payloads, up to four tonnes.
According to Isro, several design
changes have been incorporated into the rocket for a safe blast-off.
Design changes were made in the
lower shroud/cover that protects the cryogenic engine during the
atmospheric flight; wire tunnel of
the cryogenic stage to withstand
larger forces during the flight; and
the revised aerodynamic characterisation of the entire rocket. Others included video imaging of lower shroud movement during various flight phases; fuel booster in cryogenic engine; and ignition sequence of the cryogenic engine. Isro said indigenisation of many critical systems, including liquid hydrogen propellant acquisition
system (to prevent possibility of
outside contamination), was
achieved. It is going to be a tense 17.8 minutes wait for the Isro scientists Sunday after the 49.13-metre tall rocket, weighing 414.75 tonnes blasts off till the GSLV safely delivers GSAT-14 to augment the Indian transponder - receivers and transmitters of signals - capacity. When that happens, India will join a select club of spacefaring nations having the crucial cryogenic engine technology necessary to carry heavy satellites up into space.
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GSLV-14 satellite launched successfully
GSLV-14 satellite separates from GSLV rocket & launched successfully
According to ISRO, the GSLV-14 satellite has separated from the GSLV rocket successfully. The GSLV is a three stage/engine rocket.
The first stage is fired with solid fuel, the second is the liquid fuel and the third stage is the cryogenic engine. Geosynchronous satellites are placed in orbits 36,000 km above the earth.
LIVE! Team ISRO has done it: K Radhakrishnan - Rediff.com India News
GSLV-14 satellite separates from GSLV rocket & launched successfully
According to ISRO, the GSLV-14 satellite has separated from the GSLV rocket successfully. The GSLV is a three stage/engine rocket.
The first stage is fired with solid fuel, the second is the liquid fuel and the third stage is the cryogenic engine. Geosynchronous satellites are placed in orbits 36,000 km above the earth.
LIVE! Team ISRO has done it: K Radhakrishnan - Rediff.com India News
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ya congrats but wil it cover india in their beam
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