Tag: GSLV
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Indian GSLV rocket launches GSAT-29
India launched the third flight of its Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mk.III Wednesday, carrying the GSAT-29 satellite into orbit. Liftoff from the Second Launch Pad of the Satish Dhawan Space Centre occurred at 17:08 local time (11:38 UTC). The Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mk.III, or GSLV Mk.III, is India’s newest and most powerful rocket. After…
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India’s GSLV Mk.3 aces test launch, clearing way for lunar mission
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 7:30 a.m. EST (1230 GMT) after launch. Credit: ISRO The second orbital test flight of India’s GSLV Mk.3 launcher took off Wednesday, hoisting a high-throughput communications satellite into orbit to connect the county’s remote population and clearing the way for a robotic lunar lander to use the rocket in January. Boosted…
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ISRO loses contact with new communications satellite
GSAT 6A before encapsulation inside the GSLV Mk.2 rocket’s payload fairing. Credit: ISRO Ground controllers have lost contact with an Indian communications satellite launched last week, and Indian news reports suggest engineers believe the spacecraft’s power system is at fault. The GSAT 6A communications satellite completed two orbital adjustment maneuvers following its launch Thursday aboard…
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Live coverage: Indian GSLV launches with communications satellite
Live coverage of the countdown and launch India’s Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle with the GSAT 6A communications satellite. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. ISRO’s live video stream begins at approximately 1100 GMT (7:00 a.m. EST) and will be available on this page. If you appreciate what we do, please consider becoming a…
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India tests upgraded engine tech in successful communications satellite launch
India’s GSLV Mk.2 rocket takes off Thursday with the GSAT 6A communications satellite. Credit: ISRO An Indian satellite built as a technological testbed for mobile communications successfully launched Thursday on top of a Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle, one of 10 space missions planned by India by the end of the year. The GSAT 6A spacecraft,…
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India tests upgraded engine tech in successful communications satellite launch
India’s GSLV Mk.2 rocket takes off Thursday with the GSAT 6A communications satellite. Credit: ISRO An Indian satellite built as a technological testbed for mobile communications successfully launched Thursday on top of a Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle, one of 10 space missions planned by India by the end of the year. The GSAT 6A spacecraft,…
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Indian GSLV lofts GSAT-6A
India launched an upgraded version of its Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Thursday, carrying the GSAT-6A communications satellite into orbit. Liftoff, from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, occurred at 16:56 local time (11:26 UTC). In the first of three planned orbital launches worldwide on Thursday, India’s Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) debuted an enhanced second stage…
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Live coverage: New Indian launcher succeeds on maiden orbital test flight
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a GSLV Mk.3 rocket from India’s Satish Dhawan Space Center with the GSAT 19 communications satellite. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter. ISRO’s live video stream begins at 1125 GMT (7:25 a.m. EDT).
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GLSV Mark III rocket conducts ‘all-up’ launch with GSAT-19 satellite
India’s GSLV Mark III rocket successfully made its first all-up launch and first attempt to reach orbit Monday in a late afternoon liftoff from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre. The launch was on schedule at 17:28 local time (11:58 UTC), with the mission tasked with lofting the GSAT-19 satellite. GSLV Launch: The first orbital launch…
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India’s launcher fleet gets an upgrade with successful test flight
A powerful new launch vehicle climbed into space from India’s east coast Monday, delivering a multi-beam communications satellite to orbit on its first full-up test flight, setting marks for the heaviest rocket and spacecraft ever launched from India. The upgraded Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle, named GSLV MK.3, lifted off at 1158 GMT (7:58 a.m. EDT)…