Status
Failure
GSAT-4
Launch Time
Thu Apr 15, 2010 10:57 UTC
Thu Apr 15, 2010 10:57 UTC
First flight test of the ISRO designed and built Cryogenic Upper Stage (CUS), replacing the Russian stage. Failed to reach orbit due to malfunction of the Fuel Booster Turbo Pump (FBTP) of the cryogenic upper stage.
Rocket
Mission Details
GSAT-4
GSAT-4, also known as HealthSat, was an experimental communication and navigation satellite launched in April 2010 by the Indian Space Research Organisation on the maiden flight of the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mk.II rocket. It failed to reach orbit after the rocket's third stage malfunctioned. The third stage was the first Indian-built cryogenic-fuelled upper stage and was making its first flight. The ISRO suspects that the failure was caused by the third stage not igniting.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 2,220.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
Location
Second Launch Pad, Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India
Stats
2010
14th orbital launch attempt
Indian Space Research Organisation
30th mission
1st mission of 2010
6th failed mission
GSLV Mk I & II
6th mission
1st mission of 2010
2nd failed mission