India Successfully fires heaviest launch vehicle


Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle-Mark III (GSLV-Mk III) is the country’s heaviest rocket which is successfully launched by Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
GSAT-19, communications satellite was also launched along with GSLV-Mk III. GSAT-19 communications satellite is the heaviest to be lifted by an Indian rocket till date – to an altitude of around 179km above the Earth.

Facts about  GSLV Mark III:
·       The GSLV Mk III D1 is a three-stage vehicle with indigenous cryogenic upper stage engine.
·       It is  designed to carry heavier communication satellites into the Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO).
·      The space scientists indigenously have developed rocket’s main and bigger cryogenic engine
      It will help India to reduce its dependency on international launching vehicles.
·       India will get a greater share of the multi-billion dollar global space market after the launch of GSLV Mark III.
·      Due to the absence of a powerful launcher, ISRO currently launches satellites above 2 tonnes on European rockets paying big amount, but after this launch ISRO can launch  from India heavier communications spacecraft to geostationary orbits of 36,000 km.

Vital facts about GSAT 19:
·      The GSAT-19, have a life of 10 years.
·      It is a multi-beam satellite that will carry Ka and Ku-band payload along with a Geostationary Radiation Spectrometer (GRASP) payload to monitor and study the nature of the charged particles and influence of space radiation on spacecraft and electronic components.
     It would also enlist advanced spacecraft technologies including bus subsystem experiments in the electrical propulsion system, indigenous Li-ion battery and indigenous bus bars for power distribution, among others.




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