GSAT-4

Launch Failure

Liftoff Time (GMT)

10:57:00

Thursday April 15, 2010

Mission Details

Launch Notes

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.

GSAT-4

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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.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit

1 Payload

2,220 kilograms

Rocket

Active
GSLV Mk II

Active Since 2010

Indian Space Research Organisation logo

Agency

ISRO

Price

$47.00 million

Rocket

Height: 51.7m

Payload to Orbit

LEO: 5,000 kg

GTO: 2,500 kg

Liftoff Thrust

7,887 Kilonewtons

Fairing

Diameter: 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


6th

Mission

1st

Mission of 2010

Indian Space Research Organisation


30th

Mission

1st

Mission of 2010

2010


14th

Orbital launch attempt