Launch of GSLV rocket postponed
The launch of the GSLV rocket from here today was "stopped" three seconds before the blast off due to a technical snag.
By Agencies |
SRIHARIKOTA: The launch of the GSLV rocket from here today was "stopped" three seconds before the blast off due to a "technical snag", official sources said.
The Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle-FO4 was scheduled to lift off at 4.21 pm with India's latest communications satellite INSAT-4CR.
The countdown was stopped due to a "technical snag in parameters related to the launch", sources in the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said.
As reporters waited with bated breath to watch the lift-off, there came the news that it had been deferred by 50 minutes.
It was announced that the launch had been re- scheduled for 5.20 pm. This was followed by another announcement that the lift-off had been deferred till 6.10 pm.
The GSLV was to put into orbit INSAT-4CR, which carries 12 high-power Ku-band transponders for direct-to-home television services, video picture transmission and digital satellite news gathering.
The last launch of the GSLV in July 2006 ended in failure, with the rocket falling into the Bay of Bengal shortly after blasting off from the Sriharikota launching range.
Later, sources in ISRO said the launch would be postponed to Tuesday if the rocket did not blast off at 6.10 pm today.
The Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle-FO4 was scheduled to lift off at 4.21 pm with India's latest communications satellite INSAT-4CR.
The countdown was stopped due to a "technical snag in parameters related to the launch", sources in the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said.
As reporters waited with bated breath to watch the lift-off, there came the news that it had been deferred by 50 minutes.
It was announced that the launch had been re- scheduled for 5.20 pm. This was followed by another announcement that the lift-off had been deferred till 6.10 pm.
The GSLV was to put into orbit INSAT-4CR, which carries 12 high-power Ku-band transponders for direct-to-home television services, video picture transmission and digital satellite news gathering.
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The last launch of the GSLV in July 2006 ended in failure, with the rocket falling into the Bay of Bengal shortly after blasting off from the Sriharikota launching range.
Later, sources in ISRO said the launch would be postponed to Tuesday if the rocket did not blast off at 6.10 pm today.
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