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Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
11:58:00
Monday June 5, 2017
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Official Livestream
First orbital launch of GSLV Mk III.
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.
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
1 Payload
3,136 kilograms
2nd
Mission
1st
Mission of 2017
60th
Mission
3rd
Mission of 2017
33rd
Orbital launch attempt