3. India successfully launched its biggest
ever rocket on Thursday, including an
unmanned capsule which could one
day send astronauts into space, as the
country ramps up its ambitious space
programme.
4.
5. The GSLV's integral cryogenic engine phase was in a passive state and the
suborbital test-flight was conducted mainly to test the flight validation of
the launch vehicle and its new telemetric systems, apart from the
atmospheric re-entry pattern and thermal resistance of the module during
the Crew Module Atmospheric Re-entry Experiment (CARE).
The crew module separated from the rocket at an altitude of 126 km and
then re-entered into the earth's atmosphere at 80 km. It then followed an
uncontrolled trajectory into the Bay of Bengal about 180 km off the
Andaman Nicobar Islands.
The crew module weighing 3.73 tonne separated from the rocket about 325
seconds (five minutes) after the lift-off from the launch pad.
6.
7. GSLV Mark III is being projected as Isro's most
advanced launch vehicle capable of injecting
heavier satellites like GSAT 19e.
The 630.5 tonne rocket has two active solid and
liquid propulsion stages, S 200 and L110 respectively
in addition to its cryogenic engine C 25 X which in in
a passive state.
