GSAT-10 to be launched on September 29
GSAT-10 to be launched on September 29
Follow us:WhatsappFacebookTwitterTelegram.cls-1{fill:#4d4d4d;}.cls-2{fill:#fff;}Google News India's communication satelliteGSAT-10, slated to be launched early today, will now belaunched on September 29 following a technical problem onboard Ariane 5 launcher from the spaceport of Kourou in FrenchGuiana.The spacecraft was originally slated to be launched earlytoday, along with ASTRA 2F, but the lift-off was postponed aweek ago following a snag in the Ariane 5 rocket of theEuropean space consortium, Arianespace, a commerciallaunch services provider, according to sources in Indian SpaceResearch Organisation here.The spacecraft will now be launched on September 29 at2.48 AM, they said.ASTRA 2F spacecraft was built by the Astrium division ofEADS for Luxembourg-based SES.On September 15, Arianespace found a "small snag" ("smalldamage") (leakage) on the upper side of the Ariane rocket andand it carried out additional checks to see if one gram ofdust particles that was not accounted for, has stuck tocritical moving parts."One gram of dust particles could have probably goneinside (the rocket). So, the idea is to find out whether it'ssticking to a critical moving part", Radhakrishnan toldreporters on Monday.GSAT-10 is a Rs 750 crore mission for ISRO, includingsatellite, launch services and insurance, officials said.first published:January 01, 1970, 05:30 ISTlast updated:January 01, 1970, 05:30 IST
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 India's communication satellite

GSAT-10, slated to be launched early today, will now be

launched on September 29 following a technical problem on

board Ariane 5 launcher from the spaceport of Kourou in French

Guiana.The spacecraft was originally slated to be launched early

today, along with ASTRA 2F, but the lift-off was postponed a

week ago following a snag in the Ariane 5 rocket of the

European space consortium, Arianespace, a commercial

launch services provider, according to sources in Indian Space

Research Organisation here.The spacecraft will now be launched on September 29 at

2.48 AM, they said.ASTRA 2F spacecraft was built by the Astrium division of

EADS for Luxembourg-based SES.On September 15, Arianespace found a "small snag" ("small

damage") (leakage) on the upper side of the Ariane rocket and

and it carried out additional checks to see if one gram of

dust particles that was not accounted for, has stuck to

critical moving parts."One gram of dust particles could have probably gone

inside (the rocket). So, the idea is to find out whether it's

sticking to a critical moving part", Radhakrishnan told

reporters on Monday.GSAT-10 is a Rs 750 crore mission for ISRO, including

satellite, launch services and insurance, officials said.

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