Isro’s new GSLV Mk III rocket places GSAT-19 communication satellite in orbit

Re:Isro’s new GSLV Mk III rocket places GSAT-19 communicatio... by jgrahamc on Monday June 05, 2017 @01:21PM (#14489376)

Some really nice photos of this on the ISRO site: http://www.isro.gov.in/gslv-mk-iii-d1-gsat-19-mission/gslv-m...

Also the launch video is amazing. The moment the engines ignite the whole thing is moving most likely because those are solid rocket boosters and there's no throttle up time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ae6LVG0j1Pg

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Re:Isro’s new GSLV Mk III rocket places GSAT-19 communicatio... by happy-go-lucky on Monday June 05, 2017 @01:40PM (#14489528)

> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ae6LVG0j1Pg

The lift-off start position is at 3:45.

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Re:Isro’s new GSLV Mk III rocket places GSAT-19 communicatio... by swatkat on Monday June 05, 2017 @04:21PM (#14491460)

Yes. GSLV Mk III first stage is made up of two S200 solid boosters, with 200 ton propellant in each. S200 is the third largest solid boosters in the world (after Shuttle SRB, and P230 of Ariane-5).

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Re:Isro’s new GSLV Mk III rocket places GSAT-19 communicatio... by dasmoth on Tuesday June 06, 2017 @05:26AM (#14495874)

If the figures at http://www.globalsecurity.org/space/systems/t4-config-5.htm are correct, the Titan IVB "SRM upgrade" boosters were bigger too (over 300 tonnes of propellant)

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Re:Isro’s new GSLV Mk III rocket places GSAT-19 communicatio... by dingo_bat on Monday June 05, 2017 @11:35PM (#14494566)

I don't know why the video quality is so shitty. My cellphone takes better quality footage than this. I would assume they could have used a tiny portion of their multi-million $ budget for some decent cameras.

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Re:Isro’s new GSLV Mk III rocket places GSAT-19 communicatio... by jpeg_hero on Monday June 05, 2017 @03:48PM (#14490931)

Props to them for having old school, Apollo-style consoles in the mission control room. You loose something when you have youngsters with a bunch of Dell monitors like spaceX. I've seen twitch on the second monitor in spacex control room.

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Re:Isro’s new GSLV Mk III rocket places GSAT-19 communicatio... by ceejayoz on Monday June 05, 2017 @04:35PM (#14491671)

> You loose something when you have youngsters with a bunch of Dell monitors like spaceX.

What, exactly, do you lose?

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Re:Isro’s new GSLV Mk III rocket places GSAT-19 communicatio... by kinkrtyavimoodh on Monday June 05, 2017 @05:17PM (#14492167)

Vaguely worded nostalgia

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Re:Isro’s new GSLV Mk III rocket places GSAT-19 communicatio... by slackingoff2017 on Tuesday June 06, 2017 @05:32AM (#14495907)

zing

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Re:Isro’s new GSLV Mk III rocket places GSAT-19 communicatio... by crazystar on Tuesday June 06, 2017 @08:30AM (#14496678)

Yeah, imagine what they could do if they had dell monitors. I bet spacex wouldn't stand a chance.

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