USSTRATCOM has catalogued a first object (presumably the 3rd stage)2014-001A/39498 in 160 x 35710 km x 19.41°(The target injection orbit for GSAT-14 was:perigee 180+/- 5 kmapogee 35975 +/- 675 kminclination 19.3 +/- 0.1°)
The GSLV-D5 placed the GSAT-14 communication satellite in an orbit with an apogee (nearest distance to earth) of 179 km, against a targeted 180 km with a plus or minus 5 km margin for error, and a perigee (furthest distance from earth) of 36,025 km against a target of 35,975 km with a 675 km margin of error.
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Amazing! Congrats to ISRO. I was at Sriharikota today to witness the historic launch. Electrifying excitement all over Looking forward to more successful GSLV launches.
Superb launch Very enthusiastic celebrations in the control room for this one too Were you in SHAR? Is there an ISRO designated viewing area for the public - either inside or outside? Or is everyone scampering to get to the terrace of the tallest building nearest to the complex? Did you make it a point to tell them to start selling tickets for tours - for the revenue generation (small though it may be) and outreach?
Quote from: AJA on 01/05/2014 05:45 pmSuperb launch Very enthusiastic celebrations in the control room for this one too Were you in SHAR? Is there an ISRO designated viewing area for the public - either inside or outside? Or is everyone scampering to get to the terrace of the tallest building nearest to the complex? Did you make it a point to tell them to start selling tickets for tours - for the revenue generation (small though it may be) and outreach? ISRO does have a theater/hall to display the launch. The launch is projected onto a screen live from the MCC. This has been for years. The tickets (known as entry pass) are not sold and rather given on a first come first serve basis to employees and their families/relatives..etcThere is also a walky-talky system which announces critical launch event from the MCC. This system is setup in many public areas especially in residential colonies(I am not sure of how many of these are setup)Apart from these, people generally crowd places like water tanks, tall buildings etc in SHAR and also in the nearby town Sullurpeta
The CE-7.5 indigenous cryogenic upper stage engine has a claimed 454 second specific impulse, better than the Ariane 5 ESC-A stage HM7B engine, better than the Atlas 5 Centaur RL10A-4-1 engine, better than the Long March YF75 engine, better than Japan's LE-5B-2 engine, and so on. - Ed Kyle
Nominally the target orbit was "super-synchronous" with apogee higher than GEO; the achieved orbit was just slightly lower than GEO.
They keep referring to the cryogenic stage... I assume this is a HydroLox stage?
The first orbit raising operation of GSAT-14 is planned at 0758 hrs IST on January 6, 2014. The remaining two orbit raising operations are planned on January 7 and 9, 2014 to place the satellite in geostationary orbit.
GSAT-14 first orbit raising operation successfully completed.
may be because CE7.5 is staged combustion and others are either gas generator or expander cycles
ISRO does have a theater/hall to display the launch. The launch is projected onto a screen live from the MCC. This has been for years. The tickets (known as entry pass) are not sold and rather given on a first come first serve basis to employees and their families/relatives..etcThere is also a walky-talky system which announces critical launch event from the MCC. This system is setup in many public areas especially in residential colonies(I am not sure of how many of these are setup)Apart from these, people generally crowd places like water tanks, tall buildings etc in SHAR and also in the nearby town Sullurpeta
Jan 07, 2014Second orbit raising operation of GSAT-14 is successfully completed by firing the Apogee Motor for 2,629 seconds on Jan 07, 2014. Realised orbit is 32,160 km (Perigee) by 35,745 km (Apogee) with an inclination of 0.6 deg.