The Indian Space Research Organisation ( ISRO ) on thursday, 8th September, 2016 successfully placed its advanced weather satellite INSAT-3DR using the GSLV-F05 Launch Vehicle.
This is the maiden operational flight of the heavy-duty Rocket GSLV-F05 of India fitted with indigenous cryogenic upper stage. The advanced weather satellite INSAT-3DR was successfully placed into the intended orbit by GSLV-F05 on thursday, 8th September, 2016 at exactly 16:50 hrs IST from the space port of India, Sriharikota.
The 49 meter GSLV-F05 lifted off from the second launch pad at Satish Dhawan Space Center, Sriharikota at 4:50 PM and injected the 2,211 Kg INSAT-3DR satellite into a Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit about 17 minutes later. It was origninally scheduled to lift off at 4:10 PM IST but due to a delay in Cryo stage filling operations, it was rescheduled to 4:50 PM.
The INSAT-3DR has a mission life of 10 years and will provide service continuity to earlier meterological satellites and further augment the capability to provide various meteorological, search and rescue services. This is the 10th GSLV flight and assumes significance because this is the first operational flight of GSLV fitted with Indian Cryo stage. Earlier GSLV launches were under developmental phase. GSLV-F05 marked a hat-trick of success for the indigenously developed Cryo stage after GSLV-D5 ( January, 2014) and GSLV-D6 ( August, 2015 ) missions which launched GSAT-14 and GSAT-6 satellites into space.
The orbit raising operations from Master Control Facility at Hasan were also successful. INSAT-3DR would supplement the services of INSAT-3D launched from French Guiana on 26th July, 2013. The payloads of this satellite are Imager, Sounder, Data-Relay Transponder and Satellite aided search and rescue transponder. The images would generate the images of Earth every 26 minutes and provide information about various parameters, sea surface temperature, snow cover, cloud motion winds. The sounder would provide informatio about temperature and humidity. The data relay transponder will be used for receiving meteorological, hydrological and coeanographic data. The satellite aided search and rescue transponder would pick up and relay alert signals originating from distress beacon of maritime, aviation, among others.
Here is a video of the live launch.....
This is the maiden operational flight of the heavy-duty Rocket GSLV-F05 of India fitted with indigenous cryogenic upper stage. The advanced weather satellite INSAT-3DR was successfully placed into the intended orbit by GSLV-F05 on thursday, 8th September, 2016 at exactly 16:50 hrs IST from the space port of India, Sriharikota.
The 49 meter GSLV-F05 lifted off from the second launch pad at Satish Dhawan Space Center, Sriharikota at 4:50 PM and injected the 2,211 Kg INSAT-3DR satellite into a Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit about 17 minutes later. It was origninally scheduled to lift off at 4:10 PM IST but due to a delay in Cryo stage filling operations, it was rescheduled to 4:50 PM.
The INSAT-3DR has a mission life of 10 years and will provide service continuity to earlier meterological satellites and further augment the capability to provide various meteorological, search and rescue services. This is the 10th GSLV flight and assumes significance because this is the first operational flight of GSLV fitted with Indian Cryo stage. Earlier GSLV launches were under developmental phase. GSLV-F05 marked a hat-trick of success for the indigenously developed Cryo stage after GSLV-D5 ( January, 2014) and GSLV-D6 ( August, 2015 ) missions which launched GSAT-14 and GSAT-6 satellites into space.
The orbit raising operations from Master Control Facility at Hasan were also successful. INSAT-3DR would supplement the services of INSAT-3D launched from French Guiana on 26th July, 2013. The payloads of this satellite are Imager, Sounder, Data-Relay Transponder and Satellite aided search and rescue transponder. The images would generate the images of Earth every 26 minutes and provide information about various parameters, sea surface temperature, snow cover, cloud motion winds. The sounder would provide informatio about temperature and humidity. The data relay transponder will be used for receiving meteorological, hydrological and coeanographic data. The satellite aided search and rescue transponder would pick up and relay alert signals originating from distress beacon of maritime, aviation, among others.
Here is a video of the live launch.....
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