The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is looking forward to the liftoff of its Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle PSLV-C24 from Sriharikota at 5.14 p.m. today.
After more than 19 minutes of flight, if the PSLV-C24 puts India’s navigation satellite, called the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS-1B), into a perfect orbit, applause will echo across the Mission Control Centre. More so, because it will be the 25th consecutive successful launch of a PSLV, the ISRO’s trusty workhorse.
This launch vehicle is the PSLV’s XL version, armed with more powerful strap-on booster motors than in the standard PSLV, which will put the 1,432-kg IRNSS-1B into its orbit.
The IRNSS-1B is India’s second dedicated navigation satellite. The first, IRNSS-1A, was put into orbit on July 1 last year. All the seven satellites, which form the IRNSS, will be in orbit by 2016.
“The countdown is proceeding as per the timeline, without any issues,” said M.Y.S. Prasad, Director, Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, on Thursday.
The countdown, which will last 58 hours and a half, began at 6.44 a.m. on April 2. By Thursday afternoon, the PSLV-C24’s fourth stage was accurately filled with liquid propellants and the lower stage control systems with solid propellants.
“From 11 p.m. on Thursday till the early morning of Friday, we will fill the rocket’s second stage with more than 41 tonnes of liquid propellants. Then, other operations such as filling the launch vehicle with pressurised gas will be done,” said Dr. Prasad. During the countdown’s final phase, the rocket’s electronic systems will be tested.
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ISRO gears up to launch second navigation satellite = TSS, The Hindu
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Mobile Service Tower (MST) withdrawal to parking end completed
Propellant filling operation of Second Stage (PS2) completed
Mobile Service Tower (MST) withdrawal to parking end completed
Propellant filling operation of Second Stage (PS2) completed
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2 hours to lift off.
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X-posting from a defunct thread
My take on India's and #isro plans of launching Indian astronauts in to space
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2481/1
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60 minutes to lift off.
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Times of India @timesofindia 3m
PSLV C-24 successfully launches India's second navigation satellite IRNSS 1B.
PSLV C-24 successfully launches India's second navigation satellite IRNSS 1B.
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Only ToI can give such a news based on premonition. Launch is live on DD National. About 30 minutes left for launch.
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It seems it all started with PTI and was picked up by quite a number of news outlet twitter feed
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PSLV C-24 successfully launches India's second navigation satellite IRNSS 1B.
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PSLV C-24 successfully launches India's second navigation satellite IRNSS 1B.
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as usual very poor live telecast.... but PSLV as usual going strong
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3rd stage separated at 610 and 4th ignited at 615. Everything normal
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Noob question:Why is 3rd stage jettisoned long after burnout?
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There is a bit of residual thrust the 3rd stage keeps imparting onto the vehicle even after 'burn-out' ...
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they called it cruise speed ... there is no additional energy required to carry this weight but it is providing the momentum. Once it starts slowing down then it is separated.
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Very precise orbit achieved
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IRS 1B separated and in orbit. Well done
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Sir IRS 1B definitely separated and placed in orbit but in 1991shiv wrote:IRS 1B separated and in orbit. Well done
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That too with a Russian Molniya, we have come a long way after that
Congrats ISRO
Congrats ISRO
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Apart from that, since 4th stage is not fired, separating 3rd stage during coasting phase is dangerous and so it is separated close to 4th stage ignition so that any attitude changes can be immediately correctedVashishtha wrote:There is a bit of residual thrust the 3rd stage keeps imparting onto the vehicle even after 'burn-out' ...
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Dr. Radhakrishnan says, perigee is 283 (planned 284) and apogee 20630 (planned 20650) and inclination differed only in the second decimal.
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Great stuff, ISRO.
I wish there was a way to turn off the commentary and just listen to the ISRO launch center announcements.
I wish there was a way to turn off the commentary and just listen to the ISRO launch center announcements.
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Congratulations ISRO for yet another successful launch.
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They can still use it for Anti Satelite Weapon Demobarath_s wrote:Re: Insat :
NRao/Cybaru :
If it had that amount of delta vee onboard, it's life would not be over. The amount of delta vee required to send a satellite wandering off into space (presumably interstellar) or into the sun is quite substantial (and may not be available even when new).
It will be cheaper to de-orbit it. However, this one has been parked in a higher orbit. (cheaper still in terms of delta vee)
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Congratulations ISRO for repeated splendid performance !
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A PSLV success has become as common as a sneeze.. Textbook launch, paarfaamance naarmal.. nothin exciting.. move on folks..
the GSLV MKII launch.. that would keep me on the edge..
Congrats to ISRO for making the PSLV this good!
the GSLV MKII launch.. that would keep me on the edge..
Congrats to ISRO for making the PSLV this good!
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Congrats. Unfortunately missed the live telecast by a whisker !
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good going ISRO!sudhan wrote:A PSLV success has become as common as a sneeze.. Textbook launch, paarfaamance naarmal.. nothin exciting.. move on folks..
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Congratulations ISRO!
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ISRO ka launch shandaar
Abki ....................
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You know PSLV launches are routine when the launch gets less than a page of posts and no special thread of it's own. Soon even the countdown posts will be gone.
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GSLV launches should also become a routine similar to PSLV in next couple of years.Suraj wrote:You know PSLV launches are routine when the launch gets less than a page of posts and no special thread of it's own. Soon even the countdown posts will be gone.
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Pretty soon it will be same for GSLV-MK2 and 3, and then ULV.
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The bilingual commentary is nice, and the DD guy( or ISRO guy) doing the English one, does a fine job. Remember,it's mostly for lay people.srin wrote:Great stuff, ISRO.
I wish there was a way to turn off the commentary and just listen to the ISRO launch center announcements.
For IRNSS-1B: is there any change in weight/mass, any further indigenisation of parts or components?
And a real layman's question: Do all the 7 IRNNS's have to be in orbit, for the GPS to be working? Can something be done with 2, 3,4 of the satellites up in orbit?
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$ are required as a minimum to triangulate +give altitude. (we need 3 points to triangulate and a 4th measurement for altitude) to get coordinates. the remaining 3 are redundant or for wider coverage and or increased accuracy. I presume they will have these for the sake of possible ASAT attacks as well though since they are in GSO/GEO attack may be difficultcompared to a lower orbit GPS system.
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Isnt this the 25th straight successful launch of PSLV? Thats one reliable workhorse.
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Is the GSLV Mark 3 launch scheduled in June ?
Also when is hte next GSLV Mark2 launch ?
Also when is hte next GSLV Mark2 launch ?
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GSLV to soar into sky with crew capsule in June
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India’s huge Geo-synchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV- Mark III) will soar into the sky with a crew capsule from Sriharikota in June, signalling that the country is getting ready to send its own astronauts into space. It will be an experimental mission and it will carry no astronauts. This crew capsule will return to the earth with parachutes.
It would be identical to the “final crew capsule in structural and thermo-structural parts,” said S. Ramakrishnan, Director, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Thiruvananthapuram. “We will take it beyond the atmosphere, make it re-enter the earth’s atmosphere, decelerate it and make a soft touchdown in the Bay of Bengal off the Andaman coast. We will make efforts to recover it.”
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Mr. Ramakrishnan said the Indian Space Research Organisation would evaluate the structural and thermal protection systems to withstand the re-entry load, and thermo-dynamic heating.
This crew capsule will not contain the life-support systems which will be required when actual astronauts fly in the crew capsule. “We will be measuring the environment inside the capsule which will give inputs on the validation of the astronauts’ life-support systems in terms of temperature, vibration and shock which will be experienced inside the crew capsule. This will help us in designing the life-support systems when we actually fly the astronauts into space.”
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The GSLV-MkIII was getting assembled at Sriharikota, Dr. Radhakrishnan said. Its two strap-on motors had arrived at the spaceport. . The cryogenic stage is getting ready in the ISRO Propulsion Complex at Mahendragiri, Tamil Nadu.
Dr. Radhakrishnan said the PSLV would put into orbit in June the French SPOT-7 satellite and four other satellites from abroad.