GSLV Mk-3 First Flight Pushed Back to April 2014

[arp2041]

whats the difference between this and an MIRV....ICBM?

This ----> MKIII -----> Heavy rocket used for launching Payloads of 3-5 tonne in the GEO & 10 tonne to LEO.

MIRV -----> Multiple Independent Re-entry Vehicle, so RE-ENTRY is the Keyword here.

ICBM ------> Inter-continental Ballistic Missile (8000+ kms), but than we don't need to make a GSLV-Mk3 to prove that capability, as GSLV-mk1 & 2 are also capable of launching payloads to GTO (35,000+ kms away).

Anyways, Headquarters of ISRO & Headquarters of DRDO are thousands of Kms apart (one in Bangaluru other in Delhi), so you don't have to worry for dual use of the space tech. of India.

i dont know what you mean...

on topic...recently there was an outcry over north korea's satellite launch and was deemed as a missile test posing as a satellite launch..
does that apply to india?

NO, North Korea is not INDIA.

 

[suren]

GSLV mark 3 will be launched on end of december 2013

 

[ptltejas]

Integration Mockup of GSLV MK III
Payload fairing assembly in progress. First experimental launch of GSLV MK III (LVM3 X) with 2 S200 + L110 + passive C25 stage is planned in the Last quarter of 2013.

GSLV MK III Pay Load Fairing inside reverberation chamber
Pay Load Fairing (PLF) of GSLV MK III has a composite sandwich structure with bulbous configuration of 10.65m height and 5m diameter. The PLF with all the subsystems including separation mechanisms, dummy pyro systems and avionics systems was acoustic tested at Acoustic Test Facility, NAL, Bangalore.

GSLV MK III Mockup

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It seems everything is ready then why delay?

 

[peaceful]

10 ton LEO, 4-5 tons GTO? this is 1970s tech.

time to retire such old design to admit the failure. we first launched this class of rocket in early 1990s - after the dramatic funding cuts in the 1980s.

 

[Sergi]

10 ton LEO, 4-5 tons GTO? this is 1970s tech.

time to retire such old design to admit the failure. we first launched this class of rocket in early 1990s - after the dramatic funding cuts in the 1980s.

What ??? Taiwan has a space programme ??? Or you are just a Chinese with both wrong flags ???

Yes you are right the tech is old. Hey but it take time when you do R&D to develop something.

Steal /copy-paste isn't a option for India.

 

[OrionHunter]

whats the difference between this and an MIRV....ICBM?

MIRV is an acronym for Multiple Independently Targetable Reentry Vehicle. It is a ballistic missile payload containing several warheads each capable of hitting one of a group of targets. For eg, the Russian SS-18 Satan has 10 warheads that can be targeted independently for different targets within a specified sector or region.


Here's a vid to clarify...

Here's an example of an MIRV Minuteman launch sequence...

Minuteman III MIRV launch sequence: 1. The missile launches out of its silo by firing its first stage boost motor (A). 2. About 60 seconds after launch, the 1st stage drops off and the second stage motor (B) ignites. The missile shroud (E) is ejected. 3. About 120 seconds after launch, the third stage motor (C) ignites and separates from the 2nd stage. 4. About 180 seconds after launch, third stage thrust terminates and the Post-Boost Vehicle (D) separates from the rocket. 5. The Post-Boost Vehicle maneuvers itself and prepares for reentry vehicle (RV) deployment. 6. While the Post-Boost Vehicle backs away, the RVs, decoys, and chaff are deployed (although the figure shows this happening during descent, this may occur during ascent instead). 7. The RVs and chaff reenter the atmosphere at high speeds and are armed in flight. 8. The nuclear warheads detonate, either as air bursts or ground bursts.

An ICBM is an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile that has ranges of more than 5000km. An ICBM is just a vehicle to carry the warhead which could consist of one or several Re-entry Vehicles like the Minuteman or the SS-18.

The GSLV does not carry a warhead but satellites to inject into LEO/MEO/HEO. The technologies involved for ICBMs with MIRVs are vastly different from satellite launchers like the PSLV/GSLV.

 

[Anony]

i dont know what you mean...

on topic...recently there was an outcry over north korea's satellite launch and was deemed as a missile test posing as a satellite launch..
does that apply to india?

Firstly it doesn't apply to India. Secondly if a nation can launch multiple satellite in space with one rocket that doesn't mean they can also launch missile with MIRV. MIRV is a very complicated subject compared with the former. It's because in the former case one can program with little toil that exactly when satellite need to get separated from the rocket to attain it's position. For eg. if the rocket is carrying three satellite, we can program that first sat will get separated at point A, second at point B and third at point C but the complexity will increase many fold if all these satellite are asked to restore back on earth say one at Karachi, second at Islamabad and third at Rawalpindi. Programming exact navigation process for each of these satellite will be very different and add to that more than 3000 degree temperature that every satellite will face when they try to re-enter the earth atmosphere. This is what we call MIRV.

It's much more than this, but I have tried to answer your query in a nutshell.

 

[kurup]

That is one big booster ..............

 

[kurup]

It's not the MK3..I guess someone effed it up as usual.

From the left - GSLV MK II , GSLV MK III , GSLV MK IV .

The design is of an MK III .

 

[Guynextdoor2]

10 ton LEO, 4-5 tons GTO? this is 1970s tech.

time to retire such old design to admit the failure. we first launched this class of rocket in early 1990s - after the dramatic funding cuts in the 1980s.

You're STUPID. Why do you post on threads when you have nothing to contribute except trolling. You can't use 1970s tech to match the efficiency and cost per KG parameters or even the accracy levels needed for today's payload. If not why would people build newer generation rockets for the same job. By your logic all we need is a Ford Model T and we don't need to make new cars. Like I said, you're STUPID.

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