Telecommunications and broadcasting will get a boost as GSAT-14 satellite is set to go live soon.
The countdown for the GSLV-D5 rocket launch kicked off at 11.50 am on Sunday.
Twenty-nine hours later, at 4.50pm on Monday, the rocket carrying telecom satellite GSAT-14 will lift off from Sriharikota, 100 km north of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
GSAT-14, which weighs 1,982kg, will be used for telecast and telecommunication.
The success of GSLV is important for India as a lot of Isro’s future projects, including the proposed Human Spaceflight will need a platform with its capabilities.
GSAT–14 satellite with 6 Extended C band and 6 Ku band transponders is envisaged to enhance communication transponder capacity. The satellite employs the standard 2000 Kg class bus (I–2K) with a power handling capability of around 2.5 KW and a lift-off mass of 1980 kg.
The use of an indigenous cryogenic engine as the upper stage is significant for India. Indian space science is waiting at the threshold of a new phase of mega satellite launch.
India’s attempt to use an indigenous cryogenic engine on April 15, 2010 to power GSLV-D3 failed.
With only one more Russian cryogenic engine left in the ISRO arsenal, success of the indigenous technology using oxygen and hydrogen in extreme low temperatures as the fuel will propel several big ticket future missions including a manned project to space, Times of India reported.
ISRO senior scientists led by ISRO chairman K Radhakrishnan are monitoring GSLV-D5.
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The countdown for the GSLV-D5 rocket launch kicked off at 11.50 am on Sunday.
Twenty-nine hours later, at 4.50pm on Monday, the rocket carrying telecom satellite GSAT-14 will lift off from Sriharikota, 100 km north of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
GSAT-14, which weighs 1,982kg, will be used for telecast and telecommunication.
The success of GSLV is important for India as a lot of Isro’s future projects, including the proposed Human Spaceflight will need a platform with its capabilities.
GSAT–14 satellite with 6 Extended C band and 6 Ku band transponders is envisaged to enhance communication transponder capacity. The satellite employs the standard 2000 Kg class bus (I–2K) with a power handling capability of around 2.5 KW and a lift-off mass of 1980 kg.
The use of an indigenous cryogenic engine as the upper stage is significant for India. Indian space science is waiting at the threshold of a new phase of mega satellite launch.
India’s attempt to use an indigenous cryogenic engine on April 15, 2010 to power GSLV-D3 failed.
With only one more Russian cryogenic engine left in the ISRO arsenal, success of the indigenous technology using oxygen and hydrogen in extreme low temperatures as the fuel will propel several big ticket future missions including a manned project to space, Times of India reported.
ISRO senior scientists led by ISRO chairman K Radhakrishnan are monitoring GSLV-D5.
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