Finally!!!! India joins the Cryogenic Club-GSLV D5 Successfully launched

[Juice]

GSLV Mk2 has a lift capacity of 2-2.5 tons to GTO and 5 tons to LEO .

The current payload is GSAT-14 weighing 1980kg and is a communication satellite .

Not as inspiring as a probe...but on the other hand....useful.

 

[Guynextdoor2]

Good luck boys....what's the payload on this one? Hopefully a deep-space probe of some sort. (wouldn't be surprised if a milsat piggy-backed)

It's a communication sat this time

GSAT-14 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Juice]

I'm assuming this is primarily military coms....no expert...but I have read that civie comms have actually devolved away from sats to cable (fiber-optic and all that)

 

[Yeti]

This will be a important milestone if we do succeed this time around, best of luck to ISRO the nation is with you.

 

[kurup]

I'm assuming this is primarily military coms....no expert...but I have read that civie comms have actually devolved away from sats to cable (fiber-optic and all that)

Nope .... mostly civilian communication with enhanced broadcasting services .

 

[SwAggeR]

 

[Juice]

Nope .... mostly civilian communication with enhanced broadcasting services .

Well...in the US is what I meant....surely tis has some military value?

 

[SwAggeR]

CRYOGENIC STAGE

PAYLOAD

 

[SrNair]

All the Best ISRO.

 

[Brahmos_2]

Good Luck team ISRO. finish it off with a bang

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[Robinhood Pandey]

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i'm watching u

 

[GR!FF!N]

@Juice

from wiki....


GSAT-14 is part of the GSAT series of satellites. Constructed by ISRO, it is based around the I-2K satellite bus, and has a dry mass of 851 kilograms (1,880 lb). With fuel, its mass is 1,982 kilograms (4,370 lb). The spacecraft has a design life of 12 years.[2]

The satellite carries six Ku-band and six Extended C-band transponders to provide coverage of the whole of India. The satellite is expected to provide enhanced broadcasting services over the GSAT-3 satellite.[3] GSAT-14 also carries two Ka-band beacons which will be used to conduct research into how weather affects Ka-band satellite communications.[4] The satellite is powered by two solar arrays, generating 2,600 watts of power.[2]


most of the times,India skip the military application part.we've only handful of launch where it is openly admitted that this one is launched for Military purpose.

 

[KRAIT]

17 hrs to go...

 

[Capt.Popeye]

Good luck boys....what's the payload on this one? Hopefully a deep-space probe of some sort. (wouldn't be surprised if a milsat piggy-backed)

Hell no; no deep space probes or antything like tat.
Just a Work-Horse Satellite supposed to be a Communication Sat. But knowing India's long-running fondness for multi-purpose Sats, this may be mult-payload for sure, real "nuts and bolts" stuff.

 

[faithfulguy]

Best of luck to India for this launch.