The government is seeing the GSLV failure on Thursday as a setback, but there is resolve that development of the indigenous cryogenic engine will continue, sources have told NDTV.
As we reported last week, the launcher represents India's entry into heavy rocketry: its GSLV Mark III is currently able to hoist four tonnes to a geosynchronous transfer orbit, or eight tonnes to low earth orbit.
On March 29, 2018, ISRO launched communication satellite GSLV Mk-II (GSLV-F08); carrying the 2,140kg GSAT-6A, the three-stage rocket injected the satellite into a geosynchronous transfer orbit some 17 minutes after takeoff. The first stage is powered by a solid-fuel motor with four strap-on boosters providing additional thrust during lift-off and the initial phase of flight. © COPYRIGHT NDTV CONVERGENCE LIMITED 2020.
ISRO spokesman S. Satish told Space News that telecommunications services in India will not be affected by the launch failure as there are eight Insat communication satellites in operation.
As opposed to the GSLV Mk II which can only place 2 tonne class of satellites in space, the GSLV Mk III will be able to place 4-tonne class satellites into Geosynchronous Transfer Orbits. India has successfully launched its GSLV Mark III heavy-lift rocket on schedule, leaving explosion-watchers disappointed.
This source speculated that the weight of the payload — the 2,310-kilogram GSAT-5P satellite was the heaviest to launch aboard a GSLV — was a factor in the mishap. BANGALORE, India — An Indian Geostationary Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) carrying a telecommunications satellite was destroyed about a minute after liftoff Dec. 25 after veering off course in the second straight failure involving that rocket. Chandrayaan-2 Successfully Injected Into Orbit, ISRO Says, Chandrayaan-2 Successfully Launched Aboard GSLV-Mk III Rocket: ISRO, Chandrayaan-2 Moon Mission to Launch on July 22, ISRO Announces, Read: Disappointment. ................................ Advertisement ................................ GSLV failure: Work on cryogenic engine to continue.
“The connectors are so well locked they cannot snap unless the vehicle itself breaks.”.
Track Coronavirus pandemic in India and get the latest COVID-19 news from around the world on ndtv.com/coronavirus. Satish also played down concern that ISRO’s second Moon mission, Chandrayaan-2 would be affected by the failure. This fourth generation launch vehicle is a three stage vehicle with four liquid strap-ons. He said the problems with the GSLV … Radhakrishnan, who took the reins at ISRO in October 2009, said the vehicle lost control 47 seconds after liftoff and started deviating from the flight path. It has a lift off mass of 640 tonnes, equal to the weight of 200 elephants.
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The Fat Boy is 43.43 metres in height and 4 metre round. “If you had seen the connectors you will realize it can’t snap just like that,” he told Space News Dec. 27. The GSLV Mk III, while sharing a name with the GSLV, it features different systems and components. One source, who has been associated with ISRO’s launch vehicle program for two decades, was skeptical. The rocket, built by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), was engulfed in a ball of fire after an afternoon liftoff from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota on India’s southeastern coast.
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He said the rocket was destroyed on command at about 63 seconds into the flight when it was at a height of about 8 kilometers and 2 kilometers down range. GSLV failure: ISRO scientists upset but confident.
Satish also played down concern that ISRO’s second Moon mission, Chandrayaan-2 would be affected by the failure. The source pointed out that failures had never occurred before with the GSLV’s first two stages, which have been tested and proven. The latest failure occurred while the vehicle was still being powered by its solid-fueled first-stage, ISRO Chairman K. Radhakrishnan told a televised press conference soon after the accident.
Radhakrishnan said controlling commands from the vehicle’s on-board computer did not reach the actuators in the first stage, perhaps because the connector failed.
1) GSLV-Mk1 (retired) 2) GSLV-Mk2 (active) 3) GSLV-Mk3 or LVM-3 (under development-almost completed) GSLV-Mk1 and Mk2 used/uses the cryogenic engine in upper stage (unlike PSLV which doesn't use cryogenic engine). Development of the GSLV Mk III began in the early 2000s, with the first launch planned for 2009–2010.