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Re: Chandrayaan-2 GSLV MkIII - July 22 2019 (09:13UTC)
« Reply #660 on: 07/22/2019 09:27 am »
T+13 minutes.
Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

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Re: Chandrayaan-2 GSLV MkIII - July 22 2019 (09:13UTC)
« Reply #661 on: 07/22/2019 09:28 am »

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Re: Chandrayaan-2 GSLV MkIII - July 22 2019 (09:13UTC)
« Reply #662 on: 07/22/2019 09:28 am »
T+14 minutes.
Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

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Re: Chandrayaan-2 GSLV MkIII - July 22 2019 (09:13UTC)
« Reply #663 on: 07/22/2019 09:29 am »
Former ISRO chairmen.

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Re: Chandrayaan-2 GSLV MkIII - July 22 2019 (09:13UTC)
« Reply #664 on: 07/22/2019 09:29 am »
T+15 minutes.
Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

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Re: Chandrayaan-2 GSLV MkIII - July 22 2019 (09:13UTC)
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Re: Chandrayaan-2 GSLV MkIII - July 22 2019 (09:13UTC)
« Reply #666 on: 07/22/2019 09:30 am »
Does trace look fine?

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Re: Chandrayaan-2 GSLV MkIII - July 22 2019 (09:13UTC)
« Reply #667 on: 07/22/2019 09:30 am »
T+16 minutes.

Cutoff!
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Re: Chandrayaan-2 GSLV MkIII - July 22 2019 (09:13UTC)
« Reply #668 on: 07/22/2019 09:31 am »
Separation!
Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

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Re: Chandrayaan-2 GSLV MkIII - July 22 2019 (09:13UTC)
« Reply #669 on: 07/22/2019 09:32 am »
S/C Sep clip.

Thanks again to Steven, vyoma and all for the coverage!

https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1153236180709904384
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Re: Chandrayaan-2 GSLV MkIII - July 22 2019 (09:13UTC)
« Reply #670 on: 07/22/2019 09:32 am »
Spacecraft sep complete. C25 burn to completion, over-performance for precise GTO injection, to save orbiter fuel.

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Re: Chandrayaan-2 GSLV MkIII - July 22 2019 (09:13UTC)
« Reply #671 on: 07/22/2019 09:34 am »
Orbit is 6,000 km higher than what was intended. This was done to save orbiter fuel.

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Re: Chandrayaan-2 GSLV MkIII - July 22 2019 (09:13UTC)
« Reply #672 on: 07/22/2019 09:34 am »
Emotional ISRO Chairman. Orbit is 6000 km better than expected. GSLV performance increased by 15%.
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Re: Chandrayaan-2 GSLV MkIII - July 22 2019 (09:13UTC)
« Reply #673 on: 07/22/2019 09:35 am »
6000 KM more than expected.... YAY...

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Re: Chandrayaan-2 GSLV MkIII - July 22 2019 (09:13UTC)
« Reply #674 on: 07/22/2019 09:37 am »
Massive overperformance, which is interesting. Seems happy about it, as it will provide more life, but how can it be so far off is wild.

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Re: Chandrayaan-2 GSLV MkIII - July 22 2019 (09:13UTC)
« Reply #675 on: 07/22/2019 09:38 am »
Chairman Sivan - GSLV Mark  III - 15% more performance than earlier mission.  4000 KG to GTO Achieved.....

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Re: Chandrayaan-2 GSLV MkIII - July 22 2019 (09:13UTC)
« Reply #676 on: 07/22/2019 09:41 am »
Chariman Sivan .... Work of tomorrow's first satellite burn already completed by rocket...

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Re: Chandrayaan-2 GSLV MkIII - July 22 2019 (09:13UTC)
« Reply #677 on: 07/22/2019 09:43 am »
End of coverage.

Congratulations to ISRO for the successful launch! Best of luck for the upcoming landing.
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Re: Chandrayaan-2 GSLV MkIII - July 22 2019 (09:13UTC)
« Reply #678 on: 07/22/2019 09:44 am »
They burned the stage to depletion rather than the usual launch sequence, where the closed loop guidance system shuts the engine off when the intended orbital parameters have been achieved.

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Re: Chandrayaan-2 GSLV MkIII - July 22 2019 (09:13UTC)
« Reply #679 on: 07/22/2019 09:44 am »
Thanks for all these great screenshots, Steve - you always capture the right moments  :)

 

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