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#80
by
Satori
on 25 Dec, 2010 10:05
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Isn't that condensation we see on the third stage?
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#81
by
johnxx9
on 25 Dec, 2010 10:07
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I think it was the upperstage propellant tank that exploded.....
Why do you think it was the third stage?
The announcement on television said that I stage was working fine.
Yes. There was confirmation at around T+15 sec that both 1st stage and LSBs were performing nominally...
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#82
by
ugordan
on 25 Dec, 2010 10:08
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The announcement on television said that I stage was working fine.
That's not saying much, things can go bad within a second.
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#83
by
William Graham
on 25 Dec, 2010 10:09
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I think it was the upperstage propellant tank that exploded.....
Why do you think it was the third stage?
The announcement on television said that I stage was working fine.
Yes. There was confirmation at around T+15 sec that both 1st stage and LSBs were performing nominally...
From their indications at that time. It is quite possible that something could have gone wrong after that, or at that time without becoming noticeable on their monitoring systems.
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#84
by
Chris Bergin
on 25 Dec, 2010 10:10
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Ironic that I had to call an Indian call center to get my connection back up when this happened.
What's that now, three failures out of their last four?
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#85
by
input~2
on 25 Dec, 2010 10:10
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Confirmation of failure in the first stage (source ISRO)
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#86
by
Satori
on 25 Dec, 2010 10:10
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At what flight time does occur the explosion?
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#87
by
William Graham
on 25 Dec, 2010 10:11
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Ironic that I had to call an Indian call center to get my connection back up when this happened.
What's that now, three failures out of their last four?
Three outright failures and one partial failure.
INSAT-4C failed to orbit
INSAT-4CR was placed into a lower orbit than planned
GSAT-4 failed to orbit
GSAT-5P failed to orbit
Four failures, one partial failure and two successes from seven flights.
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#88
by
Satori
on 25 Dec, 2010 10:14
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#89
by
ugordan
on 25 Dec, 2010 10:14
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WARNING: turn down the volume!
The vehicle obviously lost control and aerodynamic breakup took over. The payload fairing and upper stage are always the first to go.
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#90
by
Satori
on 25 Dec, 2010 10:17
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The images show the breakup of the payload fairing due to aerodynamic forces right after the vehicle veers out of course...
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#91
by
Satori
on 25 Dec, 2010 10:20
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#92
by
ugordan
on 25 Dec, 2010 10:20
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At what flight time does occur the explosion?
I think I heard around T0+80s
Judging by tracking data from the above video, the vehicle was already lost prior to T+60s. Seems to match from what can be seen in the camera - the vehicle wasn't that high at the time. Looked like before max-Q as well.
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#93
by
SolSystem
on 25 Dec, 2010 10:25
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#94
by
Satori
on 25 Dec, 2010 10:25
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Bad journalist on NDTV is saying that the "first stage rockets come from Russia"...
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#95
by
input~2
on 25 Dec, 2010 10:26
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#96
by
johnxx9
on 25 Dec, 2010 10:26
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Man-rating this vehicle will have a lot of opponents given the "not-very-impressive" success rate.
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#97
by
Satori
on 25 Dec, 2010 10:33
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#98
by
input~2
on 25 Dec, 2010 10:38
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#99
by
input~2
on 25 Dec, 2010 10:41
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According to the video, failure a few seconds before T0+60s!