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Sriharikota: GSAT-5P Launch Fails, Satellite Vehicle Explodes Mid-air

  •   Sat, Dec 25 2010 05:08:17 PM

Sriharikota: GSAT-5P Launch Fails, Satellite Vehicle Explodes Mid-air

Sriharikota, Dec 25 (TOI): ISRO's space programme suffered a major setback on Saturday as the launch of advanced communication satellite GSAT-5P failed due to major technical fault in the first phase.

The rocket geosynchronous satellite launch vehicle (GSLV) exploded mid-air moments after it took off from the Sriharikota rocket launch centre.

The satellite GSAT-5P was expected to serve the needs of the telecommunication sector and the weather department and would have eventually replaced the INSAT-2E satellite that was sent up in 1999.

It weighed 2,130 kg and the cost of its production was around Rs 125 crore.

The GSAT-5P satellite had a life span of over 13 years and had 36 transponders - automatic receivers and transmitters for communication and broadcast of signals.

  

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  • A.AMALRAJ, RAVUSAPATTY,

    Tue, Dec 28 2010

    CONGRAGULATE FOR LANCH FAILS, BECAUSE WE GET MORE IDEA AND MORE FOR LEARNING. NO LUANCH FAILS IN FUTURE. IN PROBLEM IS WEIGHT IS ONESIDE. NEXT TIME U R BALANCE THAT.. THANK YOU WELCOME.

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  • Satish Chandra, Buffalo, NY, U.S.A.

    Sun, Dec 26 2010

    The sabotage of India's space program is but one part of the sabotage of India's defence and economy. I am India's expert in strategic defence and the father of India's strategic program including the Integrated Guided Missile Development Program and in my blog titled 'Nuclear Supremacy for India Over U.S.', which can be found by a Yahoo search with the title, I have described who has been committing this sabotage and how. But for this sabotage, India at this moment will have nuclear supremacy over the United States and economic superiority over the United States on a per capita basis. Satish Chandra

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