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The final frontier: ‘People sacrificed personal interests for GSLV's success’
SRIHARIKOTA: It took only 1,000 seconds of flight for GSLV D-5 rocket to inject the GSAT-14 communication satellite into the orbit, and thereby catapult India into the elite cryogenic club, which includes US, Russia, Japan, France and China which have successfully developed their own cryogenic engines. The launch was admittedly the result of years of toil and invention by teams of scientists who sacrificed their personal interests for the success of the mission.
"Behind 1,000 seconds of flight is the effort of 1,000 days of hard work and dedication of people at VSSC (Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre), LPSC (Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre) and Isro. They sacrificed their personal interests for the success of the mission," mission director K Sivan said.
"At Isro we used to call GSLV a naughty boy. But today the naughty boy is a very obedient boy," he said. "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," Sivan said.
VSSC director S Ramakrishnan said GSLV has attained maturity level and with one more mission, it would be as reliable as PSLV.
Former Isro scientist S Nambi Narayanan, who was working as project director for the development of cryogenic technology before being arrested on an alleged spy case, said, "I am really happy. Now the sky is the limit for India. We should now have an overall plan and am sure scientists are working on it as this cryogenic engine is the best of its kind."
Some reactions to GSLV's success:
Hamid Ansari, Vice-President of India: "All credit goes to our scientists for their hard work and dedication. The nation is proud of them."
Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister of India: "It is yet another important step that the country has taken in the area of science and technology."
K Radhakrishnan, Isro chairman: "I am proud to say team isro has done it. The Indian cryogenic engine and stage performed as predicted."
Link - The final frontier: ‘People sacrificed personal interests for GSLV's success’ - The Times of India
SRIHARIKOTA: It took only 1,000 seconds of flight for GSLV D-5 rocket to inject the GSAT-14 communication satellite into the orbit, and thereby catapult India into the elite cryogenic club, which includes US, Russia, Japan, France and China which have successfully developed their own cryogenic engines. The launch was admittedly the result of years of toil and invention by teams of scientists who sacrificed their personal interests for the success of the mission.
"Behind 1,000 seconds of flight is the effort of 1,000 days of hard work and dedication of people at VSSC (Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre), LPSC (Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre) and Isro. They sacrificed their personal interests for the success of the mission," mission director K Sivan said.
"At Isro we used to call GSLV a naughty boy. But today the naughty boy is a very obedient boy," he said. "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," Sivan said.
VSSC director S Ramakrishnan said GSLV has attained maturity level and with one more mission, it would be as reliable as PSLV.
Former Isro scientist S Nambi Narayanan, who was working as project director for the development of cryogenic technology before being arrested on an alleged spy case, said, "I am really happy. Now the sky is the limit for India. We should now have an overall plan and am sure scientists are working on it as this cryogenic engine is the best of its kind."
Some reactions to GSLV's success:
Hamid Ansari, Vice-President of India: "All credit goes to our scientists for their hard work and dedication. The nation is proud of them."
Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister of India: "It is yet another important step that the country has taken in the area of science and technology."
K Radhakrishnan, Isro chairman: "I am proud to say team isro has done it. The Indian cryogenic engine and stage performed as predicted."
Link - The final frontier: ‘People sacrificed personal interests for GSLV's success’ - The Times of India
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