Sriharikota: After the success of the Mars Orbiter Mission and Thursday’s PSLV-C26/IRNSS-1C Mission, the Indian Space Research Organisation is gearing up for an experimental flight of the GSLV Mk.III rocket within the next 45 days.
A beaming Isro chairman, Dr K. Radhakrishnan, hinted about the launch at the Mission Control Centre in Shar, Sriharikota after PSLV-26 injected IRNSS-1C into the orbit during the wee hours of Thursday.
GSLV Mk.III is the largest rocket India has developed and it is designed to carry 4 tonne class satellites. The experimental flight will carry a prototype (Crew Modu-le Model) for Isro’s proposed manned spacecraft.
The prototype will be recovered off the coast of Andaman and Nicobar with the help of the Navy and Coastguard after re-entry into the atmosphere.
According to Shar officials, ISRO will carry out some trials with the cre wmodule with the help of the Air Force before testing the re-entry potential during the experimental flight of GSLV.
Isro scientists will conduct an experiment wherein the crew module model, weighing about 3.7 tonne, will be dropped from a height of 3.5 km using parachutes with the help of the IAF before going ahead with the GSLV trail.
Director of Shar, Dr M.Y.S. Prasad said that main objective of the experimental mission of GSLV, which is without cryogenic stage, would be to study the performance of first and second stages during the first 100 km in the atmosphere besides external heat standing capacity and thermal properties of the crew module model.
Dr Prasad also gave credit to all Isro units, industry partners, contract workers and regular employees of Isro for the success of PSLV-C26/IRNSS-1C mission.
