Bharat Rakshak

watch live on ibnlive.com. 40 sec to go

wish DD would allow us to hear the roar of the launcher for once.

^^^ Nope. This will be the first GSLV launch with Indian made Cyro Upper stage

So it will be the regular GSLV-Mk1 then, but for the first time with an Indian-made cryo stage instead of a Russian-made stage?

it's called the Mk2.

All 7 satellites places in orbit. Mission completed Successfully

I thought the Mk-2 was the one that failed and blew up.

Didn't we decide to then skip past that to Mk-3?

'Major discovery' from Chandrayaan mission set to be announced

Mumbai: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and the American National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) are set to make a major announcement in the coming days related to as discovery made by one of the payloads onboard the immensely successful Chandrayaan-1 mission.

The announcement is expected at a media interaction scheduled for Thursday at NASA headquarters in Washington DC. The interaction will also feature Carle Pieters from Brown University, who was the principal investigator for NASA's Moon Minerology Mapper (M3) payload onboard the Chandrayaan.

Brown University have declined to comment about the nature of the announcement, merely saying that it would ''...be a major announcement of a major discovery...'' and would be ''...something great for Chandrayaan. It will mark a major leap for India's space programme."

The Thursday interaction has not been denied by ISRO officials.


It is being surmised that the announcement may be related to the discovery of water on the lunar surface. This was one of the main missions of the prematurely aborted Chandrayaan mission.

@ arun

I was just interested in figures, of how much ISRO can earn if in future it plans to start commercial launch services through Antrix.
If it is a profitable business model for commercialization of ISRO technology?
As, it has already been quoted in many articles before, ISRO offers the cheapest launch cost among all space ferrying nations.

Alan Smith , South Africa

"No matter how many fire cracker rockets you launch China will still be ahead of your stupid space program. China's Chang'e moon rover is already ready for launch. We are the first to discover water on the moon and we shall claim ownership. The mark of an advanced nation is its manned space program. US, Russia and China have such programs NOT india. The permanent members of UN Security Council all have good programs."

These included launching a Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-D3) with an indigenous cryogenic stage from Sriharikota in December 2009 and the PSLV-C15 ahead of December. {Which means that the turnaround time for a PSLV launch is just 2 months}

The GSLV-D3’s launch would be “a landmark in indigenous technology,” Dr. Radhakrishnan said. It would put a communication satellite called GSAT-4 in orbit. The first stage of the GSLV-D3 had already moved to Sriharikota. Its indigenous cryogenic stage would undergo tests at the Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre at Mahendragiri in Tamil Nadu. Then it would be moved to Sriharikota and integrated with the other stages, and the flight would take place in December. The PSLV-C15 would put Cartosat-2B in orbit.

CONGRATULATIONS ISRO.

In addition to armed forces, if there is any other organization in India I'm extremely proud of is ISRO. I hope they continue the commercialization of space services cleverly. China will soon come up with their "Made In China" cheaper alternative so I hope we stay ahead with great brand, best quality, and sound PR campaign...

NASA Set To Announce 'Major Discovery' From Chandrayaan Mission
9/23/2009 6:21 AM ET


(RTTNews) - The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is set to make a major announcement Thursday about a "major discovery" made by one of the payloads onboard the Chandrayaan-1 (moon) mission, reports say.

The announcement is expected at a media interaction at NASA headquarters in Washington DC. The interaction will feature well-known lunar scientist Carle Pieters from Brown University, who was the principal investigator for NASA's Moon Minerology Mapper (M3), one of the payloads on board Chandrayaan along with 11 other instruments.

The Chandrayaan craft was launched on October 22 last year and terminated on August 30 following a communication failure. One of the mission's main goals was to sniff for water on the moon's polar regions.

A spokesman for Brown University also declined comment, saying there was an embargo. "It will be a major announcement of a major discovery and is something great for Chandrayaan. It will mark a major leap for India's space program," he said.

It is being surmised that the announcement may be related to the discovery of water on the lunar surface. This was one of the main missions of the prematurely aborted Chandrayaan mission.

Earlier missions to the moon have indicated the likelihood of water existing in the form of ice trapped 18 inches beneath the surface, around the Polar Regions of the moon.

India is already preparing for a follow-on Chandrayaaan-2 mission with Russia, which will involve the landing of a rover on the lunar surface to pick up soil samples and relay data regarding its chemical composition back to earth via the Indian lunar orbiter.

{Which means that the turnaround time for a PSLV launch is just 2 months}