GSLV-D6 launch today
27 Aug 2015 5:36 AM IST
ISRO’s communication satellite GSAT-6 on board GSLV-D6 will be launched from the spaceport of Sriharikota on Thursday. All eyes at the Sriharikota spaceport will be on the indigenous cryogenic engine which forms the third and upper stage of the GSLV-D6 rocket that will lift off at 4.52pm today with GSAT-6, a 2,117kg communication satellite.
This will be the ninth flight of the Geostationary Satellite Launch Vehicle and the third development flight using a cryogenic engine. The success-failure score of the development flights has been 1-1. Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) had used up six of the seven cryogenic engines it got decades ago, and now have to master the technology for future launches of heavy satellites.
<g data-gr-id="10">Isro</g> is building a more powerful cryogenic engine to be used in its GSLV-MIII vehicle to carry four-tonne satellites. This is also the designated carrier for Isro’s proposed manned missions.
Next Story
