NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Failure

GSAT-5P

Launch Time
Sat Dec 25, 2010 10:34 UTC

Destroyed by range safety officer after loss of control over liquid-fueled boosters.

Rocket

GSLV Mk I
Image Credit: ISRO
ISRO
Status: Retired
Price: $47.0 million
Payload to GTO: 1,500 kg
Stages: 3
Strap-ons: 4
Rocket Height: 49.13 m
Fairing Diameter: 3.4 m
Fairing Height: 7.8 m

Mission Details

GSAT-5P

GSAT-5P, or GSAT-5 Prime, was an Indian communications satellite that was lost in a launch failure in December 2010. Part of the Indian National Satellite System, it was intended to operate in geosynchronous orbit as a replacement for INSAT-3E.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 2,310.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit

Location

Second Launch Pad, Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India

Stats

2010

72nd orbital launch attempt

Indian Space Research Organisation

32nd mission
3rd mission of 2010
7th failed mission

GSLV Mk I & II

7th mission
2nd mission of 2010
3rd failed mission