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Launch Failure
Liftoff Time (GMT)
10:34:00
Saturday December 25, 2010
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Destroyed by range safety officer after loss of control over liquid-fueled boosters.
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.
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
1 Payload
2,310 kilograms
7th
Mission
2nd
Mission of 2010
32nd
Mission
3rd
Mission of 2010
72nd
Orbital launch attempt