ISRO rushes to clarify on GSLV Mark III launch

[TimeTraveller]

Sriharikota, Nov 29:
With less than a month to go for the launch of India's heaviest rocket, the GSLV Mark III, the Indian Space Research Organisation today rushed to clarify that the impending launch will be an experimental one, with only a dummy cryogenic engine.

The rocket launch that will take place from here sometime between December 15 and 20, is meant to test how the first two (lower) parts of the rocket behaves during its flight through the atmosphere, and the efficacy of the systems meant to enable the come-back of the chamber that will one day carry Indian astronauts.

At a press briefing held here today, ISRO officials said that the crucial cryogenic engine, critical for the objective of carrying heavy satellites, will be a dummy one. The cryo engine will not be fired; indeed it will not be capable of being fired, officials said.

Source : ISRO rushes to clarify on GSLV Mark III launch | Business Line

 

[indiatester]

Wasn't that already know? may be some reported didn't know and felt that ISRO "rushed" to clarify.