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Modified GSLVs launch on Monday
The countdown for the launch of the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle D5 (GSLV-D5) will start on August 18.
According to Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro), the 29-hour countdown will start at 11.50 am on August 18. The launch is expected to take place at 4.30 pm on August 19 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota.
The GSLV launch is the first to be carried out by Isro after a two-and-a-half year gap. The last time it launched the GSLV (on December 25, 2010) the launch vehicle with GSAT-5P Satellite onboard plunged into the Bay of Bengal within minutes. The mission before this (on April 15, 2010) had met with the same fate. Isro has said that various design improvements have gone into the GSLV D-5, which will launch the GSAT14 communication satellite. Based on its performance during the earlier missions, end-to-end design as well as indigenous cryogenic stage systems has been re-examined.
The modifications include: redesign of the Lower shroud which protects the cryogenic engine during atmospheric flight of GSLV-D5, redesign of the wire tunnel of the cryo stage to withstand larger forces during flight and revised aerodynamic characterisation of the entire launch vehicle. That apart a video imaging system to monitor lower shroud movement during various phases of flight has been included.
Link - Modified GSLV’s launch on Monday | idrw.org
The countdown for the launch of the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle D5 (GSLV-D5) will start on August 18.
According to Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro), the 29-hour countdown will start at 11.50 am on August 18. The launch is expected to take place at 4.30 pm on August 19 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota.
The GSLV launch is the first to be carried out by Isro after a two-and-a-half year gap. The last time it launched the GSLV (on December 25, 2010) the launch vehicle with GSAT-5P Satellite onboard plunged into the Bay of Bengal within minutes. The mission before this (on April 15, 2010) had met with the same fate. Isro has said that various design improvements have gone into the GSLV D-5, which will launch the GSAT14 communication satellite. Based on its performance during the earlier missions, end-to-end design as well as indigenous cryogenic stage systems has been re-examined.
The modifications include: redesign of the Lower shroud which protects the cryogenic engine during atmospheric flight of GSLV-D5, redesign of the wire tunnel of the cryo stage to withstand larger forces during flight and revised aerodynamic characterisation of the entire launch vehicle. That apart a video imaging system to monitor lower shroud movement during various phases of flight has been included.
Link - Modified GSLV’s launch on Monday | idrw.org
