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ISRO successfully launches GSLV Mark III, PM congratulates

India Blooms News Service | | Dec 18, 2014, at 05:12 pm

Bengaluru, Dec 18 (IBNS) Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Thursday successfully launched Geo-Synchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) Mark III - with an experimental crew module.

GSLV Mark III is intended to launch satellites into geostationary orbit and as a launcher for an Indian crew vehicle. It features an Indian cryogenic third stage and a higher payload capacity than the current GSLV.

GSLV Mk-III X successfully launched the Crew module Atmospheric Re-entry Experiment - CARE.

Crew Module (CM) is identified as the payload in GSLV MK-III-X/CARE Mission. CARE is the acronym for Crew module Atmospheric Re-entry Experiment. The mission would be used as a platform for testing the re-entry technologies envisaged for Crew Module including validating the performance of parachute based deceleration system.

CARE is expected to enhance the understanding of blunt body re-entry aerothermodynamics and parachute deployment in cluster configuration.

The external configuration of the Crew Module to be flight tested in GSLV MK-III is same as that of manned flight.

GSLV Mark III is ISRO 's heaviest rocket ever and weighs the 630-tonne which will thus take ISRO a step closer to sending astronauts to space.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has congratulated scientists for successful launch of GSLV Mk-III.

“Successful launch of GSLV Mk-III is yet another triumph of brilliance and hardwork of our scientists. Congrats to them for the efforts”, said the Prime Minister.

#ISRO # GSLV Mark III launched # India Space research

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