NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

GSAT-19

Launch Time
Mon Jun 05, 2017 11:58 UTC

First orbital launch of GSLV Mk III.

Rocket

LVM-3
Image Credit: ISRO
ISRO
Status: Active
Price: $62.0 million
Liftoff Thrust: 11,898 kN
Payload to LEO: 10,000 kg
Payload to GTO: 4,000 kg
Stages: 3
Strap-ons: 2
Rocket Height: 43.4 m
Fairing Diameter: 5.0 m

Mission Details

GSAT-19

The satellite will act as a testbed for the modular I-6K satellite bus, carrying experimental technologies such as ion thrusters for maneuvering and stabilization, active thermal control using thermal radiators, a miniaturized inertial reference unit, indigenously produced lithium-ion batteries, and C-band traveling-wave-tube amplifiers.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 3,136.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit

Location

Second Launch Pad, Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India

Stats

2017

33rd orbital launch attempt

Indian Space Research Organisation

60th mission
3rd mission of 2017
48th successful mission
28th consecutive successful mission

LVM-3

2nd mission
1st mission of 2017
2nd successful mission