GSLV F06 - GSAT 5P Mission : Time to prove the mettle

Indias Pride, ISRO is getting ready the launch of GSLV F06 vehicle from its Second Launch Pad at Satish Dhawan Space Center at Shriharikota. The Mission is to sent a satellite GSAT 5P into the Geo-Synchronous Orbit.
Flight : GSLV - F06

Satellite : GSAT - 5P

Mission : Augument the communication services like Telecom and Television

Cost : 360 Crores

Mission Life: 13.7 yrs

Launch Time : 16:01 on 20/12/2010

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GSLV F06 at Second Launch Pad

The Count down time is to begin at 11.01 on 19/12/2001. Its a 30 Hour Count Down Time (CDT). The vehicle will undergo several Level Checks during the CDT. The Liquid propellant filling into the Second Stage i.e L37.5 Liquid Engine and Third Stage i.e Cryo Stage C15 will also takes place during the CDT.

The GSLV F06 Rocket is 51-metre tall, weighs 418 tonnes and costs around 175 crore. The satellite, with a payload of 2,310 kg, has a price tag of 185 crore.
The total cost is around 360 Crore

ISRO successfully conducted the launch rehearsal on Friday without the rocket’s second and third stage engines being filled with liquid and cryogenic fuel respectively. Isro officials said the process of filling the liquid and cryogenic fuel will begin during the countdown and end 30 minutes before the actual flight.

The onboard gases will be filled to the required pressure and the rocket's electronics will also be checked, they said. The GSAT-5P satellite, with a mission life of about 14 years, has 36 transponders, an automatic receiver and transmitter of communication and broadcast signals. Successful launch of the satellite will take the agency’s transponder capacity to around 235 from 200 in orbit now.

The Russian cryogenic engine would power the GSLV during the flight on Monday. It would be more powerful than those used in previous GSLV missions. It would be the sixth GSLV flight powered by Russian cryogenic engines.

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