Indian Space Research Organisation launched Earth Observation Satellite, EOS-03 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota at 5.43 am today. However, the mission ”could not be accomplished fully” due to a performance anomaly in the cryogenic stage, ISRO said after the launch.
SRIHARIKOTA: In a setback, the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (Isro) mission to put the state-of-the art Geo Imaging Satellite (Gisat-1) failed early on Thursday morning. The Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle-F10 (GSLV-F10) took off at 5.43am as scheduled and the core stage burn out happened as planned, propelling the rocket in its intended path. Second stage ignition happened as planned some two minutes into the launch and payload fairing was
confirmed by the mission control a little after nearly four minutes after take off, as planned. And then there were a few tense moments that followed soon after the second stage shut off. The cryogenic stage did not ignite, rendering the mission a failure.
