Hyderabad: Indian Space Research Organisation suffered a major setback while trying to put the GISAT-1 earth observation satellite (EOS) into orbit, due to a "technical anomaly" minutes after the rocket carrying the satellite was launched in the early hours on Wednesday.
"Performance of first and second stages was normal. However, Cryogenic Upper Stage ignition did not happen due to technical anomaly. The mission couldn't be accomplished as intended," the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said in a statement.
The satellite, meant for quick monitoring of natural disasters such as cyclones, cloudbursts, and thunderstorms, was launched on a geosynchronous satellite launch vehicle (GSLV) at 0013 GMT (5:43 am IST), from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota.
EOS-03 is a state-of-the-art agile Earth observation satellite that will be placed in a Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit by GSLV-F10. Subsequently, the satellite will reach the final geostationary orbit using its onboard propulsion system. A four meters diameter Ogive-shaped payload fairing is being flown for the first time in this GSLV flight. This is the fourteenth flight of GSLV.
