ISRO to mate cryogenic engine with its rocket Friday

[thestringshredder]

The Indian space agency will be mating its own cryogenic engine with its heavy rocket – the geo-synchronous satellite launch vehicle (GSLV) – Friday afternoon at its spaceport in Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh, said officials.

“The process of fixing our cryogenic engine with GSLV will begin tomorrow (Friday) afternoon. Then various tests will be carried out before the satellite is fixed with the rocket,” an Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) official, who did not want to be named said.

ISRO chairman K.Radhakrishnan had announced that GSLV rocket powered by India’s own cryogenic engine carrying communication satellite GSat-14 will be launched Aug 6.

This will be the first mission of GSLV during the last three years after two such rockets failed in 2010.

One of the GSLV rockets flew with Indian cryogenic engine and the other one with a Russian engine.

The GSLV is a three stage/engine rocket. The first stage is fired with solid fuel, the second is the liquid fuel and the third is the cryogenic engine.

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[Manindra]

Wish Succesfull mission for GSLV. Good Luck to ISRO

 

[Guynextdoor2]

Oh man they've gone back to the drawing board for some 3 years now. I really hope this mission is succesful!!

 

[deckingraj]

yup...otherwise a serious blow to our Mars mission.....we need this one to be successful...best of luck ISRO...

 

[KRAIT]

Fingers crossed.

 

[shuntmaster]

yup...otherwise a serious blow to our Mars mission.....we need this one to be successful...best of luck ISRO...

I thought the launcher for Mars mission was PSLV.

 

[deckingraj]

I thought the launcher for Mars mission was PSLV.

ummmm ..u r right...damn i forgot what project is really dependent on success of GSLV..is it India's man mission to moon then??..

EDIT : Yup it is the moon mission...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_human_spaceflight_programme

 

[Asskicker]

Best Of Luck ISRO...........

 

[confound thinker]

This GSLV issue has been haunting us for a while now.A highly reliably GSLV is very important for our manned space mission .
Also we are low on the number of transponders for quiet a while due to the issues with GSLV.So this launch has to be a sucess.

Good Luck ISRO.

 

[acid rain]

The tension is intense, GSLV's success is crucial for ISRO.

 

[shuntmaster]

The tension is intense, GSLV's success is crucial for ISRO.

we have had 3 successive failures of GSLV. The last successful GSLV launch was in 2007 with Russian Cryogenic engine... Buck up ISRO...

 

[S-DUCT]

Fingers closed.
After 20 years of hardwork to develope cryogenic engines,they will be successfull.

 

[karan21]

Hopefully after 2 failed launches in just one year. This one will be a success.

 

[Safriz]

This is a second stage engine?
First stage in PSLV and GSLV is solid fuel?

 

[Sergi]

This is a second stage engine?
First stage in PSLV and GSLV is solid fuel?

Cryogenic engine will be last - 3rd stage engine not second

Yup first stage of both launchers are soild boosters

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