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INDIA - SPACE
PROGRAMME - GSLV Series |
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Date-wise Events |
- April 18, 2001:
- GSLV-D1/Mk I(a) with payload of GSAT-1
- It was a Developmental Flight - the payload
placed into lower than planned orbit, and did not
have sufficient fuel to reach a usable orbit. So the
mission could not be completed successfully.
- May 08, 2003:
- GSLV-D2/Mk I(a) with payload of GSAT-2
- This developmental flight was successful as it
achieved the mission.
- September 20, 2004:
- GSLV-F01/Mk I(b) with payload of GSAT-3
- It was the first operational flight and
was successful.
- July 10, 2006:
- GSLV-F02/Mk I(b) with payload of INSAT-4C
- September 02, 2007:
- GSLV-F04/Mk I(b) with payload of INSAT-4CR
- Despite some initial glitches and errors,
the mission was successful.
- April 15, 2010:
- GSLV-D3/Mk II with payload of GSAT-4
- It was the first flight test of the ISRO
designed and built Cryogenic Upper Stage (CUS). The
mission failed.
- December 25, 2010:
- GSLV-F06/Mk I(c) with payload of GSAT-5P
- January 05, 2014:
- GSLV-D5/Mk II with payload of GSAT-14
- It was the second flight of GSLV with
indigenous cryogenic upper stage (CUS) developed by
ISRO's Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre (LPSC) and
was launched successfully. This was the first
successful flight of the cryogenic stage which was
developed indigenously in India.
- August 27, 2015:
- GSLV-D6/Mk II with payload of GSAT-6
- It successfully placed GSAT-6 into
Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO).
- September 08, 2016:
- GSLV-F05/MkII with payload of INSAT-3DR
advanced weather satellite
- Successfully placed INSAT-3DR in the
intended orbit on this day. The satellite is
expected to provide a variety of meteorological
services to the country.
- January 25, 2017:
- GSLV's cryogenic upper stage successfully
tested.
- ISRO successfully tested its indigenously
developed Cryogenic Upper Stage for GSLV Mk-III on
this day, for 50 seconds at ISRO Propulsion Complex
(IPRC) at Mahendragiri in Tamil Nadu. The next
generation launch vehicle of ISRO is capable of
launching 4-ton class spacecraft into Geosynchronous
Transfer Orbit (GTO). This has been regarded as a
significant milestone.
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