ISRO had planned to launch the heavy-lift vehicle carrying GSAT-19, a communication satellite, on April 20, but now the sources said the launch would take place only by May end or June first week
Will they ever launch this thing ?. I've been hearing this thing grom 1998. I think i still have paper cuttings regarding the news about this.
Quote from: boldz on 03/25/2017 01:38 pmWill they ever launch this thing ?. I've been hearing this thing grom 1998. I think i still have paper cuttings regarding the news about this.Well, in the Annual report of 2011 or 2012, they had projected 2017 as the year for the rocket's debut. So, they weren't entirely off the mark in the recent times. In fact, I felt the talk of end-2016 launch quite surprising, and a departure from established tradition. Of course, it is another matter that back in 2003 and 2005, they were reported to be 'hopeful' of a launch in 2007! (Check the links below) A giant of a rocketPreparing for space stationsBy the way, can you share snaps of the newspaper clippings from '98 you referred to, if possible? If you still have them, that is. I am quite interested in the archeology of the rocket.
Quote from: boldz on 03/25/2017 01:38 pmWill they ever launch this thing ?. I've been hearing this thing grom 1998. I think i still have paper cuttings regarding the news about this.someday
“Next month, we have scheduled the launch of GSLV-Mk III-D1”, Kiran Kumar told PTI.The Bengaluru-headquartered space agency plans to undertake the second developmental flight within a year.The GSLV-Mk III-D1 launcher would carry GSAT-19 satellite which has a mass of 3200 kg.The satellite would carry Ka and Ku band payload along with a Geostationary Radiation Spectrometer (GRASP) payload to monitor and study the nature of the charged particles and influence of space radiation on spacecraft and electronic components.The satellite would employ advanced spacecraft technologies including bus subsystem experiments in electrical propulsion system, indigenous Li ion battery and indigenous bus bars for power distribution, among others.
More background on LVM3 and the upcoming launch:http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/science/gslv-mark-iii-launch-why-isros-biggest-challenge-will-be-at-the-end-of-this-month/articleshow/58466879.cms
So will it have the Ogival fairing, canted nose cones of boosters and with truss area closed ?
Meanwhile Isro is also gearing up to launch its heaviest rocket GSLV-Mk III later this month and preparations are on for that at the rocket port. “The rocket’s first and second stage or engines have been integrated. The satellite GSAT-19 and the cryogenic engine are also at the Sriharikota,” an official said.
Launch is expected on June-05-2017
LPSC director S Somnath had earlier said that the GSLV-Mk III is set to launch the communication satellite GSAT-19 by May end and then Earth observation satellite Cartosat-2E will be launched via PSLV-C38 by June first week.
"Preparations are going on in full swing...And right now, the cryogenic stage (is) also integrated with the vehicle. The satellite is also getting prepared," Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) Director K Sivan told reporters here on the sidelines of a function."Maybe in a week's time, we will be able to assemble the satellite along with the vehicle. We are targeting the launch in the first week of June," he said.However, Sivan said the exact date for the launch of GSLV Mark III is yet to be finalised.
GSAT-19 will also mark the first of three, full-fledged tests of GSLV Mark-III launcher (ISRO’s heaviest rocket) before it is officially declared operational.