Chennai, Dec 16: The Indian space agency Dec 27 would decide the date for the launch of communication satellite GSAT-14 using its heavier rocket geosynchronous satellite launch vehicle (GSLV), said a senior official.
“The GSLV launch will be in January. The exact date will be decided Dec 27 at a meeting,” M.Y.S.Prasad, director, Satish Dhawan space Centre (SDSC), told over phone from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh.
A couple of hours before the rocket was equipped for launch Aug nineteen, to place into orbit GSAT-14, the mission was aborted when the liquid fuel started leaky from its second stage/engine.
The mission’s necessary side is that the rocket’s refrigerant third stage/engine is intended and designed by ISRO.
A refrigerant engine is a lot of economical as it provides a lot of thrust for each kg of the propellant burnt.
The in flight of this rocket is crucial for India because it are the primary step towards building rockets that would carry heavier payloads, up to four tonnes.
For ISRO, perfecting the refrigerant engine technology is crucial because it will save precious interchange by launching communication satellites by itself.
The 49.13 metres tall GSLV, weighing around 414 tonnes, could be a three-stage/engine with four strap-on motors snuggling the primary stage.
The first stage is high-powered by solid fuel, whereas the four strap-on motors and therefore the second stage are high-powered by liquid fuel. The third is that the refrigerant engine high-powered by liquid hydrogen and O.
According to Prasad, presently tests are being conducted on the rocket systems.
Earlier, the re-launch was expected to happen in December however the Indian space agency determined to hold out full fledged tests on all systems that consumed time.
ISRO officers told that the rocket would be moved to the launch pad Dec twenty eight or twenty nine and at the moment around ten days would be required to prepared the rocket for its flight.
The cuboid formed GSAT-14 is India’s twenty third fixed satellite designed by ISRO. it’s a lifetime of twelve years.
The 1,982-kg satellite carries six extended C-band and Ku-band transponders (receivers and transmitters of signals) and 2 Ka-band becons. The satellite are used for tele-medicine and tele-education services.
