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27/03/22 14:55 PM IST

GSLV-F10/EOS-03

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  • The GSLV-F10/EOS-03 mission, which lifted off from Sriharikota on August 12 last year failed due to ‘deviation in the performance’ of the cryogenic upper stage (CUS) of the launch vehicle, a national-level Failure Analysis Committee (FAC) constituted in the aftermath has found.
  • GSLV-F10 was ISRO’s eighth flight with indigenous cryo, 14th GSLV flight and 79th launch from Sriharikota.
ES-03

  • EOS-3 was the first state-of-art agile Earth Observation Satellite which would have been placed in a geo-synchronous orbit around the Earth.
  • It was expected to provide near real-time imaging, which could be used for quick monitoring of natural disasters, episodic events and any short-term events.
  • The mission life of the satellite was 10 years.
GSLV rocket 
  • The GSLV expands to a geosynchronous satellite launch vehicle.
  • The GSLV Mark II is the largest launch vehicle built by India.
  • As its name suggests, it can launch satellites that will travel in orbits that are synchronous with the Earth’s orbit.
  • These satellites can weigh up to 2,500 kg and are first launched into transfer orbits that have a distance from Earth of 170 km at closest approach and about 35,975 km at furthest approach which is close to the height of the geosynchronous orbit.
Source- Indian Express

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