GSLV-Mark III rocket set to be launched by ISRO on 5th June
Posted on: 03/Jun/2017 3:26:04 PM
GSLV-Mark III rocket, manufactured entirely with domestic components by ISRO, operating cryogenic technology, is set to be launched from Sriharikota at 5.28 p.m on 5th June.
The rocket weighs 3136 kg and carries the GSAT-19 telecommunication satellite.
GSLV-Mark III rocket has the capacity to set satellites weighing up to 4 tons on the geostationary transfer orbit . For the rockets weighing 10 tons, this rocket places these satellites on the Low Earth Orbit.
If this 1st attempt is a success, it will be no longer necessary to depend on the Arian Rocket to launch satellites weighing up to 4 tons. It is also possible to launch satellites of other countries on a commercial basis, So, this has a double benefit of lower expense and higher income.
India has also been striving to send humans to space following America, Russia, and China. ISRO has already carried out successful tests on technology to bring back the launched space vehicle to the earth.
The space vehicle carrying a human weighs about 8 tons. In case GSLV-Mark III rocket launch proves to be successful, it would record a substantial progress in the effort to send humans to space. So, this rocket launch is considered to be historically very important.
The rocket is 43.43 metre high, weighs 640 tons (including the fuel) and is set to be launched at 5.28 PM on 5th June.
