GSLV Mark II

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How India's cryogenic programme was wrecked

India was all set to master Russian cryogenic rocket technology when the United States – in cahoots with its moles in the Indian Intelligence Bureau – set in motion a series of events that implicated India's leading space scientists on cooked-up charges.

To understand the extent of damage caused to India's space programme because of the ISRO spy case, one has to first look at how close India was to mastering cryogenic rocket technology.

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It is a measure of how successful the CIA was in this spy game that its agents in the Kerala Police and Intelligence Bureau (IB) were able to have a swing at just about everyone in the cryogenic project.

For instance, the IB had Vasin of Glavkosmos interrogated at Moscow, and tried to link him to the case. "The IB implicated Ural Airlines after airing the lie that Ural had, as part of the espionage activities, transported documents from ISRO to Glavkosmos," says Nair.
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That the policemen who went after India's top scientists and the IB men who guided them have been either cleared of all wrongdoing or remain unquestioned hints at their connections way up in the political leadership. The big question is who are these people who aided the CIA in scuttling India's biggest space project?

Too sad a story. And the same police officers are enjoying all perks of their morally corrupt life in happy retirement!

 

[pmaitra]

Re: GSLV mission with indigenous cryogenic engine early next year

News from 2013-11-20: GSLV launch December end | Deccan Chronicle
News from 2013-12-03: ISRO's GSLV D5 likely to be launched in early January 2014

So, have they preponed the launch?

 

[Free Karma]

^^ Nope, postponed, to Jan 2014. from Dec 2013.

 

[Free Karma]

Here is a list of proposed launches with their current est. dates.

Performed launches
2013
February 25, 1231UTC - PSLV C20 FLP - SARAL + Sapphire + NEOSSat + BRITE + UniBRITE + AAUSAT3 + STRaND-1
July 1, 1811UTC - PSLV C22 (XL) FLP - IRNSS-R1A
November 5, 0908UTC - PSLV C23 (XL) FLP - Mars Orbital Mission

July 25- Ariane-5 - Insat-3D
August 29- Ariane-5 - GSAT-7

Tentative launch schedule
up to March 2014
NET January 4 5- GSLV-D5 (Mk II return to flight) SLP- GSAT-14
NET February 2014 - PSLV C23 - SPOT-7 + NLS-7.1 (CanX-4) + NLS-7.2 (CanX-5) + AISat + 1 Foreign nanosat (Iinusat?)
March 2014 - PSLV C24 - IRNSS-R1B

April 2014 to March 2015
April 2014 - GSLV Mk III X1, SLP - "atmospheric test"
(2014) - PSLV C26 - IRNSS-R1C
- GSLV-D6 Mk II - GSAT-6
- PSLV C27(XL) SLP- AstroSat-1 + LAPAN-A2 + LAPAN-A3
- PSLV C28 - Cartosat-2C + SRE-2
(2014) - PSLV C29 - IRNSS-R1D

piggybacked on PSLV : VENµS (SSO);IITMSAT;STUDSAT-2
IMS(Indian Mini Satellite)/Atmos, IMS-1E, IMS-1F, Alsat-2B, NLS-9, Nemo-AM, IinuSat, IMS-B

- Ariane 5- GSAT-15
- foreign launcher - GSAT-11


April 2015 to March 2016
- PSLV C30 - IRNSS-R1E
Q3 - GSLV MkII F09 - GSAT-9
-PSLV C31 - IRNSS-R1F
- PSLV C32 - Resourcesat-2A
- PSLV C33 - Cartosat-2D
-PSLV C34 - IRNSS-R1G

- Ariane 5 - GSAT-16
- foreign launcher - GSAT-17
- foreign launcher - GSAT-18

April 2016 to March 2017
- PSLV C35 - EnMap (German satellite)
- GSLV Mk II F10 - GISAT (GEO Imaging SATellite)
- GSLV Mk II F11 - GSAT-6A
2017-Q1- GSLV -Mk III D1 - GSAT-19E
- PSLV C36 - Oceansat-3
- PSLV C37 - Cartosat-3
(NET)- GSLV Mk II F08 - Chandrayaan-2
- tbd- Mars Observation Mission

piggybacked on PSLV: Aditya-1

- foreign launcher - GSAT-11S
- foreign launcher - GSAT-Ka

April 2017 to March 2018
- GSLV Mk II F12 - GSAT-7A
- GSLV Mk III D2 - GSAT-20
- PSLV C38 - RISAT-1A
December - GSLV Mk II F13 - INSAT-3DR

- foreign launcher/sat - GSAT-21

after 2020
- GSLV Mk III - Manned mission

Updated December 3

Indian launch schedule

 

[Free Karma]

Possible date for the launch!

Falling satellite carrier expected to land in sea

Boats and aircraft passing through the Andaman Sea region have been warned to watch out for parts of a satellite-launch vehicle falling to earth, the Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (GISTDA) said yesterday.

The agency announced that at least one part of GSLV-D5-II, India's Geosynchronous Satellite-Launch Vehicle, could fall very close to Thailand, because it will pass over Phang Nga, Surat Thani, Krabi, Phuket, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Trang and Phatthalung, during the launch of India's communications satellite GSAT-14, between December 15 and January 14.

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is set to launch the communication satellite from its Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) with the help of GSLV-D5-II. The launch vehicle will then break up and fall to earth. The launch date has not yet been finalised, as the ISRO has to take into account weather conditions and some other relevant factors.

The GISTDA confirmed that it received information about the satellite launch from the Indian government and used the information to project the launch trajectory.

"We believe one of the falling parts from the satellite vehicle will fall about 260 kilometres off Phang Nga's coast and may be in an exclusive economic zone," the GISTDA said.

It has advised boats and planes to be on alert, if they are passing through, or are close to that particular zone. According to the GISTDA land-based people are not at risk. The GISTDA is said it was receiving regular updates from Indian government on its satellite-launch plan.

Looks like it might be the possible date. There was another source said the possibility was the 5th of jan, but this is more credible
Here is the other source (it's in Telugu..so maybe someone can translate..) http://www.andhrabhoomi.net/node/119377

 

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EENADU - State News

In the above link it says GSLV D-5 launch is scheduled for Jan 5th, 2014 !! All the best to ISRO !!!

 

[tramp]

Maybe this time ISRO really launches .... they have been moving the vehicle up and down the launch pad rail for some time now. All the best.

 

[shuvo@y2k10]

is it flying with the indegenous cryogenic engine?

 

[arnabmit]

It will, when launched.

is it flying with the indegenous cryogenic engine?

 

[CrYsIs]

A prototype of the crew capsule that will be used for ISRO's future manned space flight will be tested aboard the GSLV Mk-III

VSSC Chief Hints at Second Mars Mission Using GSLV - The New Indian Express

 

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ISRO's MMR team to decide on GSLV-D5 launch on December 27

BANGALORE: The flight test of rejuvenated Geo-synchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-D5) with indigenous cryogenic engine is likely to take place on January five from the space port of Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh, Indian Space Research Organisation said.

ISRO's Mission Readiness Review (MRR) team will meet on December 27 to take a final call on the launch of GSLV-D5. Its mission was aborted at the 11th hour on August 19, this year due to a fuel leak in its second stage.

"We have targeted the launch on January 5 afternoon; MRR team will meet on December 27 to take stock of the readiness and will finalise the date and time for the launch," ISRO spokesperson Deviprasad Karnik told PTI.

GSLV-D5 will put the communications satellite GSAT-14 into orbit.

All the three stages of the vehicle have already been integrated, Karnik said, adding, the "satellite will be mated with the launch vehicle next week." He said, "....Everything should be ready by December 26, MMR team will meet on December 27. It will review and decide on the launch."

The launch of GSLV-D5 scheduled at 1650 hours on August 19 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) at Sriharikota, was called off after a leak was detected in the fuel system of the liquid second stage in pre-launch pressurisation phase on the vehicle, just two hours before lift-off.

The propellants were later drained from the cryogenic stage, liquid second stage and the four liquid strap-ons of GSLV-D5 and the vehicle was moved back to the Vehicle Assembly Building in SDSC.

Fuel tank made of aluminium alloy called Afnor 7020 tended to develop crack over a period of time and the leak was blamed on it.

In response to a question, Karnik said, "It is entirely a new tank this time."

Read more at:
ISRO's MMR team to decide on GSLV-D5 launch on December 27 - The Economic Times

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Small correction.....Its not MMR as is in the title and link, but MRR Team

Is a different alloy used for the tank this time or simply a new tank with the same alloy?

 

[Free Karma]

GSLV-D5 to lift off on January 5 - The Hindu

The four strap-on booster motors of the GSLV-D5 being strapped around the rocket's core in the first stage in the Vehicle Assembly Building of the second launch pad at Sriharikota in December 2013.

It will feature an indigenous cryogenic engine in its third stage.

The refurbished Geo-synchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-D5) is getting ready to lift off at 4.18 p.m. on January 5, 2014, from the second launch pad at Sriharikota and it will put the communication satellite GSAT-14 into orbit. The GSLV-D5 will feature an indigenous cryogenic engine in its third, uppermost stage.

"We are moving towards the launch by January 5," said K. Radhakrishnan, Chairman, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). "All the four stages of the vehicle have already been integrated. The satellite will be mated with the launch vehicle by December 27," he added.

'All checks completed'
The Mission Readiness Review (MRR) team will meet on December 27 to give the formal clearance for the launch. "By then, everything would have been inspected. All checks on the vehicle would have been completed. Phase III, level I checks have already been done," said Dr. Radhakrishnan.

ISRO is looking forward to this launch because the GSLV-D5 uses an indigenous cryogenic engine and the vehicle suffered a major snag on August 19, 2013 on the day of the launch. About 75 minutes before the lift-off, the liquid fuel in the propellant tank in the rocket's second stage started leaking and rained down on the vehicle, forcing ISRO to call off the launch. Fumes engulfed the first and second stages of the vehicle, causing tense moments.

The leak was blamed on the fuel tank made of aluminium alloy called Afnor 7020 which tended to develop cracks over a period of time. The GSLV-D5 was dismantled and the "restoration process" done under the guidance of K. Narayana, former Director, Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota. The GSAT-14 communication satellite, which was encapsulated in the heat shield, was preserved and tested periodically.

Since the liquid fuel leaked from the second stage tank made of aluminium alloy Afnor 7020, the Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre (LPSC), ISRO, Mahendragiri, Tamil Nadu, came up with a new second stage with its propellant tank made of aluminium alloy 2219. The four strap-on booster motors were refurbished. The rocket's first stage, which uses solid propellants, has been replaced with a new one. The restored vehicle has new electronic components because the components in the four strap-on motors in the earlier vehicle had become wet from the fuel leak.

'Critical components tested'
"Everything is going perfectly well [for the launch on January 5]," said M.C. Dathan, Director, LPSC, on Saturday evening. "Eighty per cent of the systems in the GSLV-D5, including the four strap-on liquid motors, the second liquid stage and the cryogenic stage are from the LPSC," he said. The GSLV-D5's cryogenic stage had been stored for the past three months-and-a-half. Mr. Dathan added: "The cryogenic stage's critical components and valves have been tested, and found in good condition. There are three levels of checks on the vehicle. Phase III, level I checks have been done. This means all the fluid lines and electrical circuits have been checked. Everything is giving results as expected. We are ready to go ahead with the launch."

The GSLV-D5 is a three-stage, 414-tonne and 49-metre tall vehicle.

:thumb::thumb:

 

[Free Karma]

GSLV-D5 integrated with GSAT 14 satellite - The Economic Times

CHENNAI: India's rejuvenated Geo-synchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-D5) with indigenous cryogenic engine has been integrated with the communication satellite GSAT 14, slated for launch on January 5 from the spaceport of Sriharikota.

The development comes ahead of the Mission Readiness Review and Launch Authorisation Board meeting tomorrow.

"The review is an important meeting to discuss in case of any issues. Right now, there are no problems and we are expecting the meeting to be just a formality. The Launch Authorisation Board will also meet late in the evening to give its clearance," Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) sources told PTI today.

They also said the launch vehicle was yesterday integrated with the 1,980 kg GSAT 14 and was expected to be moved to the launch pad on December 28, ahead of its launch from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota, some 100 km from here at 4.18 pm on January 5 next year.

"Once it is brought to the launch pad on Saturday at around 6 am, there will be a nine-day operation on the vehicle," the sources said.

GSLV D5's first mission attempt was aborted at the eleventh hour on August 19 this year due to a fuel leak in its second stage.

Fuel tank made of aluminium alloy called Afnor 7020 tended to develop crack over a period of time and the leak was blamed on it.

The GSLV is designed to inject its passenger spacecraft into the intended Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO) with a combination of solid, earth-storable liquid and cryogenic propellants in it's first, second and third stages, respectively.

The lift-off has been further augmented by the four earth-storable liquid strap-on boosters attached to the first stage, they said.

 

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LAB clears GSLV D5 launch; countdown from Jan 4

Decks were cleared for the January 5 launch of India's rejuvenated indigenous cryogenic engine fitted GSLV-D5 carrying communication satellite GSAT-14 from the spaceport of Sriharikota with ISRO's Launch Authorisation Board (LAB) giving its nod for the key mission today. A 29-hour countdown for the launch is set to commence on January 4 next, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) sources said. "The Launch Authorisation Board has cleared the GSLV D5 launch for January 5. A 29-hour countdown is set to commence on January 4 at around 11 am," an ISRO official said. GSLV D5 would be launched at 4.18 pm from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) at Sriharikota, about 100 km from here. The Launch Authorisation Board met at the SDSC. Following the clearance, the launch vehicle would be moved to the launch pad tomorrow around 6 am, the sources said. The launch vehicle had already been integrated with the 1,980 kg GSAT 14. GSLV D5's mission was aborted at the eleventh hour on August 19 this year due to a fuel leak in its second stage. Fuel tank made of aluminium alloy called Afnor 7020 tended to develop crack over a period of time and the leak was blamed on it following which the rocket had been rejuvenated. The GSLV is designed to inject its passenger spacecraft into the intended Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO) with a combination of solid, earth- storable liquid and cryogenic propellants in its first, second and third stages, respectively. The lift-off has been further augmented by the four earth- storable liquid strap-on boosters attached to the first stage, they said.


LAB clears GSLV D5 launch; countdown from Jan 4 | Business Line

 

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GSLV D5 Launch

Decks have now been cleared for the 5 January launch of India's rejuvenated indigenous cryogenic engine- fitted GSLV-D5 carrying communication satellite GSAT-14 from the spaceport of Sriharikota with the mission receiving the nod from ISRO's Launch Authorisation Board (LAB) yesterday.

A 29-hour countdown for the launch is set to start on 4 January, according to Indian Space Research Organisation sources.

The Launch Authorisation Board had cleared the GSLV D5 launch for 5 January, sources said, adding that the 29-hour countdown would commence on 4 January at around 11 am.

GSLV D5 would be launched at 4.18 pm from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) at Sriharikota, about 100 km from Chennai.

The launch vehicle would be moved to the launch pad tomorrow at around 6 am, according to the sources.

The GSLV D5 mission was aborted last year due to a fuel leak in its second stage.

The aluminium alloy fuel tank called Afnor 7020 had shown a tendency to crack over a period of time, following which the rocket had been rejuvenated after addressing the problem.

The GSLV uses a combination of solid, earth-storable liquid and cryogenic propellants to inject its passenger spacecraft into the intended Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO).

According to sources, the lift-off had been further augmented by the four earth-storable liquid strap-on boosters attached to the first stage.

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- See more at: domain-b.com : ISRO clears GSLV-D5 for 5 January launch

 

[pmaitra]

Brochure from ISRO:

[pdf]http://isro.org/gslv-d5/pdf/brochure.pdf[/pdf]

 

[cobra commando]

GSLV D5 at the Vehicle
Assembly Building, before
movement to the Second Launch Pad.

 

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[Free Karma]

^^ Hope it does it's job!!!!