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PSLV-C23 Successfully Launches French Earth Observation Satellite, Four Others

203 points by svasan 12y ago

lgp171188 12y ago
I am amazed to see that this submission has gathered 65+ points without a single comment before this one.
- nervousvarun 12y ago
  This "very popular but seemingly not discussable" submission phenomenon is something that also fascinates me. Is there a clever name for this phenomenon yet? If not...anybody want to attempt to give it one? 'Cause I got nothin'.
  - josefresco 12y ago
    I also feel like many will wait a story out, to see the first few comments which set the tone for the discussion and give points to debate/discuss.
    - nervousvarun 12y ago
      very true and every site is different w/ regard to how the community responds/handles link discussion but it does seem that sometimes discussion doesn't seem to be "a thing" for certain links. It sorta reminds me of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Googlewhack http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Googlewhack. Maybe it just needs a clever name?
      - chetansastry 12y ago
        "Like" syndrome?
  - sp332 12y ago
    It's because comments like "wow that's cool" are discouraged here. If someone doesn't have anything to contribute to a conversation, they'll just leave an upvote. Apparently 65 people thought "wow that's cool" but didn't have anything to add.
swatkat 12y ago
Today, ISRO's PSLV[1] launched five international satellites into their sun-synchronous orbits - SPOT-7 from France, AISAT from Germany, NLS 7.1 and 7.2 from Canada, and VELOX-1 from Singapore[2]. This was PSLV's 25th successive successful mission. Here's complete launch video if anyone's interested: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UR5S5nNbd4U http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UR5S5nNbd4U (00:45:00 onwards) This was 114th space mission of ISRO. Here's a complete list of ISRO missions till date: http://www.isro.org/publications/pdf/114%20missions%20Brochure.pdf http://www.isro.org/publications/pdf/114%20missions%20Brochu... Next up, I am waiting for GSLV Mk3 X1 mission in July, in which they're going to test new GSLV Mk3 heavy lifter[3] launch vehicle and a Crew Module[4]. [1]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polar_Satellite_Launch_Vehicle http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polar_Satellite_Launch_Vehicle [2]http://www.isro.org/pslv-c23/pdf/pslv-c23-brochure.pdf http://www.isro.org/pslv-c23/pdf/pslv-c23-brochure.pdf [3]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geosynchronous_Satellite_Launch_Vehicle_Mk_III http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geosynchronous_Satellite_Launch... [4]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISRO_Orbital_Vehicle http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISRO_Orbital_Vehicle
- pavanky 12y ago
  > 25th successive successful mission. You added a word. What is more impressive is the current streak of 23 successful missions going back to 1999.
  - walls 12y ago
    > successive - following one another or following others > successful - accomplishing an aim or purpose What's the extra word here?
    - pavanky 12y ago
      There have been 25 total successful missions for PSLV. 23 of them have been successive / consecutive. Considering that "successive" is not a word used commonly and that the fact that the number of "successive" missions was wrong, I thought it was a typo.
- anirudhan 12y ago
sremani 12y ago
PSLV is still constrained by pay-load, it cannot carry more than 2000 kg loads. India should focus more on getting GSLV MK II and MK III to become more reliable so heavier pay-loads are delivered.
x1798DE 12y ago
This title is neither descriptive nor neutral. The title in the page itself seems to be: "PSLV-C23 [Successfully] Launches French Earth Observation Satellite[- SPOT 7] and four other co-passenger satellites[ from SDSC SHAR, Sriharikota]" I've put in brackets the parts of the title that I think can be omitted without loss of context. If changing the headline, I imagine adding something like, "Indian Space Organization's PSLV...." to the beginning of that headline is best.
- dang 12y ago
  You're right: the submitted title ("Indian Space workhorse PSLV delivers again") was badly editorialized. Submitters: doing that violates the HN guidelines. If it's necessary to change a title (because it's linkbait or misleading), please ensure that the title is accurate and neutral. In this case the content itself has changed as the satellites were launched, so we've updated the title again.

203 points by svasan 12y ago

lgp171188 12y ago

I am amazed to see that this submission has gathered 65+ points without a single comment before this one.

nervousvarun 12y ago
This "very popular but seemingly not discussable" submission phenomenon is something that also fascinates me. Is there a clever name for this phenomenon yet? If not...anybody want to attempt to give it one? 'Cause I got nothin'.
- josefresco 12y ago
  I also feel like many will wait a story out, to see the first few comments which set the tone for the discussion and give points to debate/discuss.
  - nervousvarun 12y ago
    very true and every site is different w/ regard to how the community responds/handles link discussion but it does seem that sometimes discussion doesn't seem to be "a thing" for certain links. It sorta reminds me of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Googlewhack http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Googlewhack. Maybe it just needs a clever name?
    - chetansastry 12y ago
      "Like" syndrome?
- sp332 12y ago
  It's because comments like "wow that's cool" are discouraged here. If someone doesn't have anything to contribute to a conversation, they'll just leave an upvote. Apparently 65 people thought "wow that's cool" but didn't have anything to add.

swatkat 12y ago

Today, ISRO's PSLV[1] launched five international satellites into their sun-synchronous orbits - SPOT-7 from France, AISAT from Germany, NLS 7.1 and 7.2 from Canada, and VELOX-1 from Singapore[2]. This was PSLV's 25th successive successful mission. Here's complete launch video if anyone's interested: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UR5S5nNbd4U http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UR5S5nNbd4U (00:45:00 onwards) This was 114th space mission of ISRO. Here's a complete list of ISRO missions till date: http://www.isro.org/publications/pdf/114%20missions%20Brochure.pdf http://www.isro.org/publications/pdf/114%20missions%20Brochu... Next up, I am waiting for GSLV Mk3 X1 mission in July, in which they're going to test new GSLV Mk3 heavy lifter[3] launch vehicle and a Crew Module[4]. [1]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polar_Satellite_Launch_Vehicle http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polar_Satellite_Launch_Vehicle [2]http://www.isro.org/pslv-c23/pdf/pslv-c23-brochure.pdf http://www.isro.org/pslv-c23/pdf/pslv-c23-brochure.pdf [3]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geosynchronous_Satellite_Launch_Vehicle_Mk_III http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geosynchronous_Satellite_Launch... [4]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISRO_Orbital_Vehicle http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISRO_Orbital_Vehicle

pavanky 12y ago
> 25th successive successful mission. You added a word. What is more impressive is the current streak of 23 successful missions going back to 1999.
- walls 12y ago
  > successive - following one another or following others > successful - accomplishing an aim or purpose What's the extra word here?
  - pavanky 12y ago
    There have been 25 total successful missions for PSLV. 23 of them have been successive / consecutive. Considering that "successive" is not a word used commonly and that the fact that the number of "successive" missions was wrong, I thought it was a typo.
anirudhan 12y ago

sremani 12y ago

PSLV is still constrained by pay-load, it cannot carry more than 2000 kg loads. India should focus more on getting GSLV MK II and MK III to become more reliable so heavier pay-loads are delivered.

x1798DE 12y ago

This title is neither descriptive nor neutral. The title in the page itself seems to be: "PSLV-C23 [Successfully] Launches French Earth Observation Satellite[- SPOT 7] and four other co-passenger satellites[ from SDSC SHAR, Sriharikota]" I've put in brackets the parts of the title that I think can be omitted without loss of context. If changing the headline, I imagine adding something like, "Indian Space Organization's PSLV...." to the beginning of that headline is best.

dang 12y ago
You're right: the submitted title ("Indian Space workhorse PSLV delivers again") was badly editorialized. Submitters: doing that violates the HN guidelines. If it's necessary to change a title (because it's linkbait or misleading), please ensure that the title is accurate and neutral. In this case the content itself has changed as the satellites were launched, so we've updated the title again.