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International Space Flight (ESA, Russia, China and others) => Indian Launchers => Topic started by: Salo on 06/02/2011 03:00 pm
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http://www.hindu.com/2011/06/02/stories/2011060267091500.htm (http://www.hindu.com/2011/06/02/stories/2011060267091500.htm)
GSAT-12 to be launched in July second week
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http://www.ciol.com/News/News/News-Reports/India-to-launch-next-comm-satellite-in-July/150701/0/ (http://www.ciol.com/News/News/News-Reports/India-to-launch-next-comm-satellite-in-July/150701/0/)
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The 1,400kg S/C will be first placed in a 284 x 21,000 km orbit
(from the previous reference)
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GSAT-12 reached Sriharikota (Reported by local news channel). Hope ISRO sticks to the schedule...
~Prasad
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Launch now announced for July 2
http://zeenews.india.com/news/sci-tech/isro-to-flight-test-homegrown-rocket-gslv-d5_713543.html
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The second week of July:
http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/editorial/article2123861.ece
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From NOTAMs, launch could occur from July 6 to August 5 in the 1015-1315UTC time slot
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Launch is now set for July 15 between 16:48-17:08 Local time (ie 1218-1238 UTC)
(source: ISRO (http://www.isro.org/pressrelease/scripts/pressreleasein.aspx?Jun30_2011))
edit : 1118-1138 UTC, India time= GMT+5h30min!
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Which launch pad is going to be used?
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The Second Launch Pad. (http://www.isro.org/pressrelease/scripts/pressreleasein.aspx?Jun30_2011)
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http://www.dailyindia.com/show/450054.php
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Countdown commenced for PSLV-C17/GSAT-12 Mission:
http://www.isro.org/pressrelease/scripts/pressreleasein.aspx?Jul13_2011
Brochure:
http://www.isro.org/pslv-c17/pdf/pslv-c17-brochure.pdf
Photos:
http://www.isro.org/pslv-c17/Imagegallery/launchvehicle.aspx
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PSLV to put GSAT-12 in orbit on Friday:
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article2224836.ece
http://www.inewsone.com/2011/07/14/indian-rocket-set-for-launch-friday/63076
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Thanks for the info Salo :) !
Doordarshan News should have live coverage:
http://webcast.gov.in/live/
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just like all other ISRO launches, it will be shown on most Indian news channels, but instead of full coverage, they will switch to live feed few min before the launch. Few links:
http://live.indiatimes.com/
http://ibnlive.in.com/livetv/
http://www.ndtv.com/video/live-player/channel/ndtv24x7
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Going to require a lot of you to keep a look out for the best TV station and see what we can do about collecting as many screenshots from those stations as we can! :)
Moved for live coverage
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GREEN for launch at T-20min
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Webcast begin:
http://webcast.gov.in/live/
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GREEN for launch at T-20min
Excellent screenshots. If you could post a couple at a time, that would be a superb help! :)
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T-3 minutes
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T-120 seconds.
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LAUNCH!
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Perfomance nominal at +60 seconds.
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Ground lit strap on boosters sep.
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Airlit strap ons seps
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Staging. 1-2 Sep. Second stage ignition.
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Nominal performance on the second stage.
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Fairing ("Heatshield") Sep.
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Staging. 2-3 Sep. Third stage ignition.
Third stage performance nominal.
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T+450 seconds, as much as the webcast is lagging like crazy.
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Staging. 3-4 Sep. Fourth stage coasting before ignition.
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Fourth stage ignition.
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300 seconds to go on the fourth stage.
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Orbital velocity.
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Fourth stage shutdown on target.
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S/C Sep! Congrats to ISRO!
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Satellite separation. Happy faces there... Congratulations to India!
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Happy ISRO.
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Doing a General Bolden with huge praise for the President :)
"When this country needs transponders, we can launch transponders".
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Launch Article - by William Graham:
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2011/07/india-launches-gsat-12-via-pslv/
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According to mission director, the orbit achieved is 282 x 21000 km
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Videos:
http://youtu.be/Ci4hi75B59o
http://youtu.be/WmSvWrNjmDE
http://youtu.be/kTpwJikjrks
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Prayer for successful launch by ISRO chairman prior to launch
http://youtu.be/JgXm3LmGu4I
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http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/article2230383.ece
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USSTRATCOM has observed two objects:
Object A in 278 x 21348 km inclined 17.82°
Object B in 275 x 20959 km inclined 17.95°
(My guess would be Object B as GSAT-12, Object A as 4th stage..tbc)
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http://www.isro.org/pslv-c17/Imagegallery/launchvehicle.aspx
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Why is there a "long" coasting phase between stage-3 Sep. and stage-4 ignition? Don't see any coasting phase for the other stages.
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There is a small coast between first and second stage ( PS1 seperation and PS2 ignition .. see flight plan http://educationalsalvi.blogspot.com/2011/07/pslv-c17-launch-flight-sequence.html (http://educationalsalvi.blogspot.com/2011/07/pslv-c17-launch-flight-sequence.html)
The long coast is because the 3rd shut stage and the 4th stage have to be physically away from each other. Both are moving at a 7.7kms/sec so physically achieving a separation takes time.
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Chris, I was really impressed with the interest and pains that you have taken in watching/posting live transmission snapshots in realtime.
Hats off to your enthusiasm.
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There is a small coast between first and second stage ( PS1 seperation and PS2 ignition .. see flight plan http://educationalsalvi.blogspot.com/2011/07/pslv-c17-launch-flight-sequence.html (http://educationalsalvi.blogspot.com/2011/07/pslv-c17-launch-flight-sequence.html)
The long coast is because the 3rd shut stage and the 4th stage have to be physically away from each other. Both are moving at a 7.7kms/sec so physically achieving a separation takes time.
Perhaps, but it's also quite common for there to be a coast before final stage. The profile of many launch vehicles is: bang-bang-bang lower stages, punch out of the atmosphere; then, longish coast to apogee of the Keplerian suborbital ellipse; then, impulse at apogee from final stage to add enough velocity to raise perigee out of the atmosphere. In the usual PSLV scenario of circular polar orbit, the coast lets it reach the desired circular altitude of 800 km or so.
In this case the coast was fairly short, and the long stage 4 burn converts the previous apogee of 250 km or so into the new perigee, and the previous negative perigee into a large (21350 km) apogee.
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There is a small coast between first and second stage ( PS1 seperation and PS2 ignition .. see flight plan http://educationalsalvi.blogspot.com/2011/07/pslv-c17-launch-flight-sequence.html (http://educationalsalvi.blogspot.com/2011/07/pslv-c17-launch-flight-sequence.html)
The long coast is because the 3rd shut stage and the 4th stage have to be physically away from each other. Both are moving at a 7.7kms/sec so physically achieving a separation takes time.
Perhaps, but it's also quite common for there to be a coast before final stage. The profile of many launch vehicles is: bang-bang-bang lower stages, punch out of the atmosphere; then, longish coast to apogee of the Keplerian suborbital ellipse; then, impulse at apogee from final stage to add enough velocity to raise perigee out of the atmosphere. In the usual PSLV scenario of circular polar orbit, the coast lets it reach the desired circular altitude of 800 km or so.
In this case the coast was fairly short, and the long stage 4 burn converts the previous apogee of 250 km or so into the new perigee, and the previous negative perigee into a large (21350 km) apogee.
I revisited the launch video: http://youtu.be/kTpwJikjrks
The (ISRO expert?) commentary seems to indicate ( from 11:58 onwards ) that the long phase for the fourth stage is to decrease the orbital inclination and put the s/c in the equatorial plane orbit.
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The commentary by expert says " ... the longish coast is to ensure an orbit of 284kmsX21000 kms and s/c with 4th sage has travel longer distance so that the 4th stage carries the s/c so that the perigee lies on equator. "
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Indian communication satellite raised to near its orbit
The Indian communication satellite GSAT-12 is now very near to its ultimate geo-stationary orbit at 36,000-km apogee, or farthest point from Earth, space agency ISRO said Monday.
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/et-cetera/Indian-communication-satellite-raised-to-near-its-orbit/articleshow/9269306.cms
Shams
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Surprised!
Celestrak is updating the TLEs everyday but it is more or less the same orbit from 16th July.
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GSAT-12 reaches its home in a circular geo-synchronous orbit
Edited by moderator: (copy of text from this link suppressed)
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article2260309.ece (http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article2260309.ece)
(no direct newspaper article copy, please!)
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Stratcom is following closely Object 37746 (11034A), the PSLV 4th stage, releasing updated orbital data nearly everyday; on the other hand the orbital data for GSAT-12 (37747/11034B) have not been updated since July 16, before the maneuvers :(
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Maybe Stratcom gives higher priority to uncontrolled debris and objects which may reenter atmosphere/impact earth in near future.
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Reason for non updation at Celestrak :
TSKelso (celestrak ) tweet of 19th says
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Six launches & over a dozen new objects since July 8 & none of them yet identified by Space Track.
19 Jul
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According to an ISRO press release (http://www.isro.org/pressrelease/scripts/pressreleasein.aspx?Jul21_2011) published to-day July 21, GSAT-12 is now in 35684 x 35715 km inclined 0.17°.
GSAT-12 is now located at 63 degree East longitude. The Satellite would be moved to reach its designated longitude of 83 degree East within the next 16 days (at the rate of one degree per day).
Let's see if Stratcom catches up with new data for Object 37747/11034B ;)
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Well, Stratcom has finally published to-day new data for object 37747/11034B (GSAT-12) :) (last data was dated July 16..):
GSAT-12 was observed in 35,686 x 35,717 km inclined 0.17° yesterday July 25 at 1738UTC passing 73.2°E and drifting East with a drift rate of 1.1°/day
(I would then have expected it to be at 68° on July 21 not 63° ??? )
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The Catalog has now been updated:
37746 PSLV R/B 2011-034A
37747 GSAT 12 2011-034B
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Now A and B have been switched
37746 GSAT 12 2011-034A
37747 PSLV R/B 2011-034B
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http://isro.org/pressrelease/scripts/pressreleasein.aspx?Jul21_2011
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GSAT-12 Communication Satellite placed in Geosynchronous Orbit
The GSAT-12 Communication Satellite, launched onboard Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C17), has been successfully placed in Geosynchronous Orbit with a perigee of 35,684 km, apogee of 35,715 km and an orbital inclination of 0.17 degree with respect to the equatorial plane.
It may be recalled that on July 15, 2011, PSLV-C17 had injected GSAT-12 into an elliptical transfer orbit of 281 km perigee and 21,027 km apogee, and orbital inclination of 17.9 degree. The critical manoeuvres to raise GSAT-12 Satellite into Geosynchronous Orbit were performed by firing the 440 Newton Liquid Apogee Motor of GSAT-12 Satellite for about 80 minutes in five spells during July 16-20, 2011.
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Why was it necessary to fire the LAM so many times(5 times), would 1 or 2 long firings over heat the LAM? Or is there some other reason for so many firings?
Is it not risky to restart the LAM so many times? ( just in case the LAM fails to restart)