The 49-metre high GSLV-FO4 rocket was launched from the Sriharikota space station in southern India today. The rocket, carrying the communications satellite INSAT-4CR, blasted off at 6.21 pm. The performance was normal, scientists said. Earlier, the launch was "stopped" three seconds before the blast off due to a "technical snag". The Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle-FO4 was scheduled to lift off at 4.21 pm (10:51 GMT) with India's latest communications satellite INSAT-4CR. The countdown was stopped due to a "technical snag in parameters related to the launch", sources in the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said.
The countdown for the launch of GSLV-F04, carrying India's communication satellite INSAT-4CR, started at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR in Sriharikota, at 2 pm today, ISRO sources said. Expectations are high on the fifth flight of India's GSLV series, with the previous launch proving to be a failure.
Indias Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle, GSLV-F04, is scheduled to launch Indias latest communication satellite, INSAT-4CR, around 4.20 pm on Sunday, September 2, 2007 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR, Sriharikota. This will be the fifth flight of GSLV.
The launch of India's latest Communication Satellite -- INSAT-4CR -- from the spaceport of Sriharikota has been postponed by a day to September two. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) sources told UNI today that the postponement was due to the prevailing weather conditions in Sriharikota, which had been experiencing rains for the last couple of days.
The INSAT-4CR communication satellite will be launched from the Indian space agency's Sriharikota spaceport between August 31 and September eight. Read more
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is scheduled to launch its communication satellite INSAT- 4CR as a replacement to INSAT-4C which was reduced to debris during its unsuccessful launch last year. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman G Madhavan Nair told reporters here this week that the replacement satellite would be launched in September 2007.