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Isro successfully launches indigenous cryogenic engine-powered GSLV-D5 - The Times of India
SRIHARIKOTA: Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) on Sunday successfully launched GSLV-D5rocket, which is powered by an indigenous cryogenic engine, from the Satish Dhawan Space Centrein Sriharikota.
Seventeen minutes after liftoff at 4.18pm, the rocket successfully injected GSAT-14communication satellite into geosynchronous transfer orbit.
Isrochairman K Radhakrishnan declared the mission a success. He said, "This shows the maturity of the team. We dedicate the proud moment for the country."
"The launch has been so precise that the satellite was put just 40 metres within the 179km perigee and only 50km of the 36,000km apogee," mission director K Sivansaid.
SRIHARIKOTA: Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) on Sunday successfully launched GSLV-D5rocket, which is powered by an indigenous cryogenic engine, from the Satish Dhawan Space Centrein Sriharikota.
Seventeen minutes after liftoff at 4.18pm, the rocket successfully injected GSAT-14communication satellite into geosynchronous transfer orbit.
Isrochairman K Radhakrishnan declared the mission a success. He said, "This shows the maturity of the team. We dedicate the proud moment for the country."
"The launch has been so precise that the satellite was put just 40 metres within the 179km perigee and only 50km of the 36,000km apogee," mission director K Sivansaid.
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