Sunday, December 26, 2010

GONE IN 63 SECONDS!

After the launch of GSLV-FO6 at 4:04:00 PM at Srikota base Andhra Pardesh, & after its launch, at 4:04:63 PM the Chairman of ISRO ordered the remote blast, as there was some problem in the launch vehicle, rest will be discovered after the ISRO completes there investigation within a day or 2. But in these 63 seconds ISRO loosed RS. 325 crore and years of hard work.
The Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle is an expendable launch system operated by the Indian Space Research Organisation(ISRO). It was developed to enable India to launch its INSAT-type satellites into geostationary orbit and to make India less dependent on foreign rockets.The Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) project was initiated in 1990 with the objective of acquiring launch capability for Geosynchronous satellites. Until then, India depended on the former Soviet Union for the launch of heavy satellites.
Till date India has launched 7 GSLV but only 4 went successful...
GSLV-F06
Failed launch of the 5,093 pounds (2,310 kg) GSAT-5P on December 25, 2010 at 16:04 local time. The rocket veered from its intended flight path, tumbled out of control in a fireball 63 seconds after launch. Initial evaluation was that control of the strap-on boosters was lost, leading to a catastrophic set back for ISRO when the rocket broke up due to the acute angle of attack that the rocket took due to the failure, causing what appears to be a "structural failure" of body of the rocket housing the 3rd Stage ( housing the Cryogenic Stage - seems to have broken up 64 seconds into the 1st stage of flight,which is most probably the INTER-STAGE (connector of stage 2 and stage 3),followed by what seems to be a programmed detonation by the range safety team at ISRO.

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