Recent GSLV Rocket Explosion in India

[vnathan]

Ok uploaded this just now. This just in...MAJOR setback for the Indian space program. Happened today evening at the Sriharikota Launch center in South India. Christmas turns sour for the ISRO is the news here

[vnathan]

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[gatagato]

Thanks for sharing: it seems that the cause was some error occurred 47 seconds after the lift-off, which leaded to a higher angle in flight, which caused a stress greater than the rocket could withstand, breaking it up. Definately it wasn't their lucky day

[vnathan]

According to the ISRO ...the problem was not in the flight path but the 1st stage...it just disintegrated. There was a previous delay before due to a leak. The Rocket uses a Russian cryogenic stage but that had not yet been fired.

[gatagato]

K. Radhakrishnan mentioned the flight angle issue: so he said to reporters (http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/...7ee709fd8c199e) : it's possile that a wrong angle causes a strong stress, but honestly I find surprising what happened: usually they should be built in some way that allows them to withstand higher stresses than the ordinary ones. I guess they are very disappointed for the failure

[vnathan]

UPDATE...it was forcibly detonated. There was a malfunction in the 1st stage as they had feared.

[alpha.first.one]

how much that cost?

[kellyhound]

“The controllability was lost after 45 seconds after the lift-off. The control commands to the four strap on motors of the first related stories
GSLV mission fails, rocket explodes
stage did not reach,” ISRO chairman K Radhakrishnan told reporters.

He said the first stage performed well till 50 seconds, and after that the rocket started failing.

According to him, the destruct command was issued 63 seconds after the lift off by the Range Safety Officer.

The 2,310 kg GSAT-5P satellite, costing about Rs 125 crore, was to serve the needs of the telecommunication sector and the weather department.

So about $27,765,457

[vnathan]

^lol you said strap on

[Blewvane]