The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) launched India’s “eye in the sky” GISAT-1 Earth observation satellite (EOS) on Thursday, but the mission suffered a setback due to a performance anomaly in the cryogenic stage of the rocket moments after the launch. Isro said that rocket performance was normal in the first and second stages but hit a technical snag in the subsequent phase. “GSLV-F10 launch took place today at 0543 Hrs IST as scheduled. Performance of first and second stages was normal. However, Cryogenic Upper Stage ignition did not happen due to technical anomaly. The mission couldn’t be accomplished as intended,” the space agency tweeted.
Union minister of state (MoS) in charge of the department of space Jitendra Singh said that he has discussed the matter at length with the Isro chairman, adding that the mission can be re-scheduled some time again. “Spoke to Isro chairman Dr K Sivan and discussed in detail,” Singh tweeted. “The first two stages went off fine, only after that, there was a difficulty in the cryogenic upper stage ignition. The mission can be re-scheduled some time again,” he said.
However, Isro chairman K Sivan said moments later that the mission could not be completed successfully. “There was an anomaly observed in the cryogenic stage. Isro’s GSLV-F10/EOS-03 mission could not be fully accomplished,” Sivan was heard saying during the live telecast of the launch.
News Source : One India
