India successfully launched rejuvenated indigenous cryogenic engine- fitted GSLV-D5 carrying communication satellite GSAT-14 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (ISRO) at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh on Sunday. The rocket weighs 415-tonne and carries a
ISRO Chairman Radhakrishnan and his team at the press conference after India successfully launched rejuvenated indigenous cryogenic engine- fitted GSLV-D5 carrying communication satellite GSAT-14 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (ISRO) at Sriharikota
The mission is India's latest attempt to push further into the global market for launching commercial satellites. It has taken ISRO scientists years to develop the cryogenic motors after its bid to import the technology from Russia in 1992 failed
The events prompted one of the senior scientists, Shivan, to quip that the 'naughty boy GSLV' had matured into an 'obedient one'. The indigenous cryogenic technology will help India to launch heavy satellites into geostationary orbit.
In a textbook launch, the 49.13-metre tall GSLV D5 rocket with an indigenous cryogenic engine and stage blasted off at 4.18 PM from Satish Dhawan Space Centre and injected the 1,982-kg GSAT-14 communication satellite into the intended orbit after 17
The mission, which cost around Rs 360 crore, is a major milestone for the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) after 'toiling' for 20 years and ended the jinx plaguing the GSLV programme which suffered twin back-to-back failures in 2010 while
Launching a GSLV with an indigenous cryogenic engine has been a major challenge for ISRO since 2001 after multiple unsuccessful attempts.
With the launch of GSLV-D5, ISRO became the sixth space agency in the world after the US, Russia, Japan, China and France to have tasted success with an indigenous cryogenic engine. This launch is India's eighth flight of GSLV and also the fourth