An uprated version (using higher propellant loadings and a higher thrust) of the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) GSLV Mk II rocket using the indigenously produced cryogenic upper stage was successfully launched from Sriharikota in India. The rocket...
The Ariane 5-ECA roared off its launch pad in Kourou, French Guiana at 2037 GMT on 4 December 2018. The launch carried two satellites: GSAT 11 and GEO-KOMPSAT 2A. Installed as the Ariane 5 ECA’s upper passenger, GSAT-11 is an operational telecommunication satellite...
The Indian launch vehicle PSLV has made another successful launch from the Satish Dhawan Launch Centre, Sriharikota, India, at 0427 GMT on 29 November 2018. The rocket’s main payload was HYSIS (Hyper-Spectral Imaging Satellite) for ISRO. There were 30 other...
India successfully launched the GSAT 29 communications satellite at 1138 GMT on a GSLV Mk III vehicle from Sriharikota on 14 November 2018. While its predecessor rocket the GSLV Mks 1 and 2 had a very poor launch record with a combined five failures out of 12, the...
The GSAT-6A communications satellite sporting a new 6m communications antenna to deliver mobile S-band communications to India was successfully launched into a geostationary transfer orbit (GTO) using a GSLV 2/CUSP rocket. Lift off from the Sriharikota launch site...
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has revealed the cause of the recent launch failure of its PSLV launch vehicle. That flight (PSLV C39) in August 2017 failed to deliver the IRNSS-1H navigation satellite payload, which remains aboard the rocket. The...
