Big New Indian Rocket Launches Satellite, Setting Stage for Moon Mission

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Big New Indian Rocket Launches Satellite, Setting Stage for Moon Mission







The most powerful rocket in India reached its second orbital flight on Wednesday (November 14), setting the stage for a robotic lunar mission in January.  



	

	The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) launched the Mark III Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV Mk III) from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota at 6:38 a.m. EST (1138 GMT) on Wednesday, successfully delivering the GSAT-29 communications satellite in orbit. 

		"India has achieved [a] A significant milestone with our heaviest launcher that took off the heaviest satellite on Indian soil, "President K. Sivan of ISRO he said in a statement. "The launch vehicle has precisely placed the satellite in its intended orbit. [the] The entire ISRO team for this achievement. "

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		The GSLV Mk III's first orbital test launch, in June of 2017, it was also successful. The ISRO also Launched an experimental version of the GLSV Mk III. in 2014 to test a prototype of a space capsule built to transport three astronauts into space. That mission was also successful, but it was a suborbital test, not an orbital one.





						


The powerful new GSLV Mk III rocket from India launches the GSAT-29 communications satellite on November 14, 2018.

            						    Credit: ISRO 


		Following the success of Wednesday's flight, Indian officials declared that the rocket was ready for operational flights, beginning with the launch of the Chandrayaan-2 lunar landing. That takeoff is scheduled for January 30. according to Spaceflight Now. 



	Chandrayaan-2, The second planned robotic mission from India to the moon, consists of an orbiter, a lander and a rover. It is a tracking mission of the Chandrayaan-1 orbiter, which in 2009 helped confirm the presence of water ice on the lunar surface. 

		India plans to launch Chandrayaan-2 from the Satish Dhawan Space Center.

		The GSLV Mk III is an improved version of the GSLV Mk II from India and can carry approximately twice the payload of its predecessor. The new rocket will also be used to launch the planned India. Manned spacecraft Gaganyaan in orbit as early as December 2021, according to Spaceflight Now. 

		During the next few days, three orbital increase maneuvers will be performed to position the 6,913 lb. (3,423 kilograms) GSAT-29 satellite in geostationary orbit approximately 22,000 miles (36,000 kilometers) above the equator. GSAT-29 "is a multiband and multibeam communications satellite, intended to serve as a test bed for several new and critical technologies," according to the ISRO. 

		Specifically, the payload of the satellite includes a high-resolution camera and optical communication technology. This technology will use laser communication links to transmit information between the terrain and the geostationary orbit significantly faster than conventional radio communications.

		The launch of GSAT-29 "will help close the digital divide," said K. Pankaj Damodar, director of the GSAT-29 project, in the same statement. "Several next-generation payload technologies will soon be demonstrated with this mission."

		The launch of Chandrayaan-2 will not be the next takeoff of Indian soil. That should happen on November 26, when the nation Polar satellite launch vehicle lofts the satellite of hyperspectral images and multiple secondary loads for the United States and other international partners.  



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