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#60
by
antriksh
on 08 Jan, 2013 18:12
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What sort of planetary mission capabilities does it have?
GSLV Mk 2 and GSLV Mk3/LVM3 have capability to deliver nearly 2300 kg and 4000 kg respectively in EPO.
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#61
by
sanman
on 09 Jan, 2013 00:02
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#62
by
antriksh
on 24 Jan, 2013 19:15
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Acoustics suppression system for LVM3
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#63
by
K210
on 25 Jan, 2013 07:55
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Does anybody know if the X1 mission of the GSLV Mk-3 is still set for 2013?
According to ISRO's launch schedule the PSLV C-25 is to lift off from the second launch pad in october, the second launch pad normally has a 3 month turn round time for launches so i suspect GSLV-3 has slipped into 2014.
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#64
by
antriksh
on 25 Jan, 2013 22:55
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Does anybody know if the X1 mission of the GSLV Mk-3 is still set for 2013?
According to ISRO's launch schedule the PSLV C-25 is to lift off from the second launch pad in october, the second launch pad normally has a 3 month turn round time for launches so i suspect GSLV-3 has slipped into 2014.
Not possible this year, as ISRO will be be busy till the end of November with the MangalYaan mission.
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#65
by
antriksh
on 26 Jan, 2013 21:19
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LVM3 payload fairing acoustic test images (Thanks Tarmak007)
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#66
by
sanman
on 27 Jan, 2013 03:21
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Hmm, those pictures look quite old. I remember seeing them some months after the most recent failure of GSLV-Mk2.
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#67
by
kanaka
on 27 Jan, 2013 09:06
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Hmm, those pictures look quite old. I remember seeing them some months after the most recent failure of GSLV-Mk2.
Learnt that there are lots of politics going on with in ISRO that might effect the progress of country. Humble request all the scientists to please keep their egos and politics away from the schedules as ISRO is the only one organization that is believed to be clean. Having said this I would like to remind our beloved and respected scientists that its not only INDIA that is interested in your successful achievements but there are many developing countries that INDIA is for them. I can assure that ISRO millions of optimistic eyes world wide are on ISRO's development in an conception that space would be in their reach with in their budget. YOU ARE THE HOPE OF RAY FOR ALL THE OPTIMISTIC under development countries kindly do not corrupt your image or reputation. GO INDIA GO!!!!
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#68
by
antriksh
on 27 Jan, 2013 13:14
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Hmm, those pictures look quite old. I remember seeing them some months after the most recent failure of GSLV-Mk2.
Yes, the pics are old. The dimensions of the PF are 10.65 m height and 5m diameter.
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#69
by
Star One
on 28 Jan, 2013 17:33
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What sort of planetary mission capabilities does it have?
GSLV Mk 2 and GSLV Mk3/LVM3 have capability to deliver nearly 2300 kg and 4000 kg respectively in EPO.
Thanks for that info. Hoping it will be ready in time for their second Mars mission.
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#70
by
antriksh
on 28 Jan, 2013 22:04
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What sort of planetary mission capabilities does it have?
GSLV Mk 2 and GSLV Mk3/LVM3 have capability to deliver nearly 2300 kg and 4000 kg respectively in EPO.
Thanks for that info. Hoping it will be ready in time for their second Mars mission.
Yeah same here
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Here is a possible payload accommodation for LVM3 and a comparison with PSLV
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#71
by
hornbill2007
on 25 Feb, 2013 15:28
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I believe that everything will depend on GSLV Mrk II success... isnt it? Because, I believe many systems are the same for both. So any Mrk II delay will definitely affect Mrk III too.
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#72
by
antriksh
on 26 Feb, 2013 02:36
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I believe that everything will depend on GSLV Mrk II success... isnt it? Because, I believe many systems are the same for both. So any Mrk II delay will definitely affect Mrk III too.
Actually they are not related. LVM3 is a next generation launcher of ISRO with a completely new design independent of GSLV Mk2. All the avionics sub systems are newly developed with a high degree of miniaturization and better performance and have already been tested in flight as a payload on PSLVs.
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#73
by
hornbill2007
on 11 Mar, 2013 10:41
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Any idea about the status of the third launch pad at SHAR? Is it ready? There is no mention on ISRO website on the ground facilities page.
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#74
by
hornbill2007
on 11 Mar, 2013 10:47
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Is ISRO so secretive about its work because it is never realistic about its launch schedules and needs to keep on postponing? Most schedules are never met. The initial announcement is made with a lot of fanfare and media glare. Then as the dates keep slipping there is total silence. Now that ISRO has commercial interest in its launch markets, it needs to learn to be more professional and set realistic schedules and stick to them.
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#75
by
kanaka
on 11 Mar, 2013 23:20
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Is ISRO so secretive about its work because it is never realistic about its launch schedules and needs to keep on postponing? Most schedules are never met. The initial announcement is made with a lot of fanfare and media glare. Then as the dates keep slipping there is total silence. Now that ISRO has commercial interest in its launch markets, it needs to learn to be more professional and set realistic schedules and stick to them.
The problem is that ISRO goes with over ambition some times and make their schedule so tight that they are not able to concentrate on all of them at a time. They should sketch the schedule based on reality instead of fantasy. ISRO has to realize that we depend on our own technology building from scratch. This needs a lot of time hence the schedules should be sketched accordingly instead of Jumping on things
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#76
by
Steven Pietrobon
on 12 Mar, 2013 04:24
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At two or three launchers per year, India is hardly in the regime of a high launch rate.
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#77
by
AJA
on 19 Mar, 2013 00:50
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As Steve said, we don't really have a high rate of launch. But hornbill2007, ISRO isn't really secretive about its schedules. Antrix has been operating for sometime now, and they're doing pretty well in terms of revenue generation for ISRO. You don't get there by being shoddy to work with. i.e. I'm sure there's a free flow of timeline (and other necessary) information with their customers.
The difference is that, in India, there's hardly any emphasis on proactive, public disclosure of information. So they don't bother making press-releases, or updating their websites. I'm sure if someone called up Antrix, and managed to speak to an officer and listed press as the reason for request, they wouldn't turn you down.
Edit: And, as has been pointed out - the reasons for the delay are numerous. You could say, though, that they track back to two primary causes : our position on the technology maturity ladder, and the second being shoestring budgets.
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#78
by
hornbill2007
on 20 Mar, 2013 15:38
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As Steve said, we don't really have a high rate of launch. But hornbill2007, ISRO isn't really secretive about its schedules. Antrix has been operating for sometime now, and they're doing pretty well in terms of revenue generation for ISRO. You don't get there by being shoddy to work with. i.e. I'm sure there's a free flow of timeline (and other necessary) information with their customers.
The difference is that, in India, there's hardly any emphasis on proactive, public disclosure of information. So they don't bother making press-releases, or updating their websites. I'm sure if someone called up Antrix, and managed to speak to an officer and listed press as the reason for request, they wouldn't turn you down.
Edit: And, as has been pointed out - the reasons for the delay are numerous. You could say, though, that they track back to two primary causes : our position on the technology maturity ladder, and the second being shoestring budgets.
Budget would be a major hurdle. But that is when ISRO needs targeted spending, instead of distributing funding inadequacy among a lot of programmes. I would not have wanted ISRO to go into something like Chandrayaan series without maturing on launch vehicle technology. And now ISRO is talking Mars.
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#79
by
sanman
on 04 Apr, 2013 02:22
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