A very serious security breach has happened. Without the knowledge of ISRO officials some one has secretly intruded into the ISRO premises and shot the videos using spy cams. What is the ISRO security department doing ? Who is responsible for these serious security breach? Also how come the composition and working of Cryogenic has been made public? We strictly need explanation for these things.
A1669/13 - REF VOMM NOTAM A1615/13, WMKK NOTAM A1825/13 AND VCBI NOTAM A0395/13. GSLV-D5 ROCKET LAUNCH FM SHAR RANGE, SRIHARIKOTA, INDIA IS SCHEDULED ON 19TH AUGUST 2013 BTN 1045-1345 UTC. ATC MAY RE-ROUTE TRAFFIC DURING THE PERIOD AS PER ROUTINGS GIVEN IN THE ABOVE NOTAMS. LAUNCH WINDOW FOR THE REMAINING PERIOD FROM 20TH AUGUST TO 5TH SEPT 2013 SHALL BE KEPT ALIVE FOR RESCHEDULING OF LAUNCH IF REQUIRED. GND - UNL, 19 AUG 10:45 2013 UNTIL 19 AUG 13:45 2013. CREATED: 17 AUG 09:40 2013
Quote from: antriksh on 08/16/2013 01:38 pmVideo Imaging system is installed on the the vehicle. Hope they telecast the video and not just use it internally. Gee, so hopefully this time we'll get to see some onboard footage from the rocket's perspective, as it takes off from the ground and ascends to orbit?That's certainly one thing I've been missing while watching ISRO launches, in comparison to NASA and SpaceX launches. Seeing onboard video showing the progress of the flight is a lot better than watching ISRO's typical boring plotgraphs. This is long overdue.
Video Imaging system is installed on the the vehicle. Hope they telecast the video and not just use it internally.
S-band telemetry and C-band transponders enable GSLV-D5 performance monitoring, tracking, range safety / flight safety and Preliminary Orbit Determination (POD).
Launch time rescheduled at 1100UTCCountdown for communication satellite GSLV-D5 launch to begin at 11.50am on Sunday
Quote from: input~2 on 08/17/2013 07:29 pmLaunch time rescheduled at 1100UTCCountdown for communication satellite GSLV-D5 launch to begin at 11.50am on SundayI don't think the launch time has moved - in fact the ISRO main page is now showing that the 29 hour countdown has commenced at 06:20 UTC.
^11:00 UTC should translate to 4:30 PM. IST not 4:50 PM. IST ??
status update ( http://isro.org/ ) : propellant loading of 2nd stage in progress.
Regarding the assembly of the launch vehicle in the Vehicle Assembly Building and its subsequent transport to the launchpad on that slow crawler -- is this all necessary?Why not just mount the building and launchpad on rail tracks to shift them in or out of the way, while leaving the launch vehicle stationary? Seems to me that these large structures are less critical than the launch vehicle itself, and so they could be shifted more rapidly and less gingerly without having to use a slow crawler type of pedestal
Quote from: sanman on 08/17/2013 09:32 pmRegarding the assembly of the launch vehicle in the Vehicle Assembly Building and its subsequent transport to the launchpad on that slow crawler -- is this all necessary?Why not just mount the building and launchpad on rail tracks to shift them in or out of the way, while leaving the launch vehicle stationary? Seems to me that these large structures are less critical than the launch vehicle itself, and so they could be shifted more rapidly and less gingerly without having to use a slow crawler type of pedestalThey do that for the PSLV don't they? I don't think the pad-roll out is on the critical path. As in shaving time off there probably wouldn't enable faster launch processing. Moreover, I don't think it's less critical than the LV. If you break the VAB while moving it, that's going to cause delays and disrupt the next launch. And possibly even scrub the existing launch, since they don't want to risk further damage.
But so that sort of makes it sound like the crawler thing is an evolutionary improvement over the pad assembly. Why is doing it the crawler way better than the old way?