Hats off to you ISRO

           

ISRO(Indian space research organisation) once again created history and made India proud with the successful launch of GSLV Mk III nicknamed as 'Fatboy' on Monday at 5.28pm from the Sriharikota launch pad, by firing a high thrust indigenous Cryogenic engine and placing the country's heaviest satellite in orbit.
ISRO 'Fatboy' ended all the phases of uncertainties after it placed the advanced communication satellite GSAT-19 into orbit after 16minutes of launching.With this successful launch India entered the global market of heavy payload launches.

                                     
In this Era where each country wants to show its supremacy over the other India on the other hand going far away from this boosted its "neighbourhood first policy" by gifting the satellite to its neighbour countries which means that all its neighbour countries can take benefits like mapping natural resources, telemedicine, IT connectivity and people-to-people links from this project.India alone funded for this project.
After the success of this project it is expected that India will have cement bond relations with its neighbour countries.In this Pakistan was the only country who opted not be a part of this project.


GSLV Mk III specification





  • Cost per launch: ₹400 crore (approx. $62M)
  • Height:  43.43 m (142.5 ft)
  • Diameter: 4.0 m (13.1 ft)
  • Mass: 640,000 kg (1,410,000 lb)
  • Stages: 3
     Core stage-L110
  •  Length: 21.39 m (70.2 ft)
  •  Empty mass: 9,000 kg (20,000 lb)
  •  Propellant mass:116,000 kg (256,000 lb)
  •  Burn time: 203 sec
  •  Fuel: UDHM/N2O4

   Upper stage-C25

  •  Length: 13.545 m (44.44 ft)
  •  Empty mass: 5,000 kg (11,000 lb)
  •  Propellant mass: 28,000 kg (62,000 lb)
  •  Burn time: 643 sec
  •  Fuel: LOX/Liquid hydrogen(LH2)
L110 stage test: ISRO conducted its first static test of the L110 core stage at its Liquid propulsion system centre at Mahendragiri, Tamil Nadu on 5 March 2010, which was stopped in between after a Leakage was detected in the control system.

C25 stage test: The first hot test of the C25 cryogenic stage was conducted at ISRO Propulsion complex at Mahendragiri, Tamil Nadu on 25 January 2017. 




Importance of GSLV
  • Firstly it is a demonstration of Indian indigenous space technology, mainly of its cryogenic engine.
  • Secondly with the successful launch India entered the global market of heavy payload launches.Where the multi-billion international satellite market is a big attraction for India.
  • A heavier satellite launch vehicle means the enhanced skills and capacity to undertake deep space exploration and research. 






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