Saturday, December 25, 2010

GSLV Mission Fails

In a shock to today's India's space program, launching a communications satellite on board a vehicle that is not built after the missile exploded within minutes flight time after launch from the Baikonur Sriharikota.

   The mission is to go to India to start a club of countries with the technology to heavy satellites into orbit failed when the rocket had a problem shortly after takeoff in the first stage itself.

   GSAT-5P, 24 C-band transponders and 12 extended C-band, was the communication services that enhance currently provided by the system of the Indian National Satellite. Built in RS125 crore was the satellite to the INSAT-2E, more than a decade, was sent to replace.

   The rocket launched at about 16:00 clock, the second shot Satish Dhawan Space Centre at the end of the countdown of 29 hours, but was beaten by a hook in the first stage itself, the organization of space research, India (ISRO), the sources .

   "The incident occurred in the first stage itself, " the sources, adding that details will be announced later.

   This is the second failure this year by ISRO after the previous (Geostationary Satellite Launch Vehicle) and GSLV mission single cryogenic engine of the country an obstacle and the rocket landed in the Bay of Bengal, on 15 April this year.

   ISRO has moved in December 20 of the geostationary launch Launch Vehicle (GSLV-F06) has, in his seventh mission, after a small loss before in Russian cryogenic engine for inspections, have been watching the countdown.

   Join the latest mission GSLV (GSLV-D3) no later than the malfunction of the indigenous cryogenic stage receiving the country's efforts to join the club of five nations with such ability.

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