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GSAT-5P

Launch Failure

Liftoff Time (GMT)

10:34:00

Saturday December 25, 2010

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Launch Notes

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

GSAT-5P

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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

Rocket

Retired
GSLV Mk I

Active 2001 to 2010

Indian Space Research Organisation logo

Agency

ISRO

Price

$47.00 million

Rocket

Height: 49.13m

Payload to Orbit

GTO: 1,500 kg

Fairing

Diameter: 3.4m

Height: 7.8m

Stages

3

Strap-ons

4

Launch Site

Second Launch Pad

Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India

Fastest Turnaround

31 days

Stats

GSLV Mk I & II

7th

Mission

2nd

Mission of 2010

Indian Space Research Organisation

32nd

Mission

3rd

Mission of 2010

2010

72nd

Orbital launch attempt