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First Experimental Flight of India's Launch Vehicle GSLV Mk-III Successful
- suprgeek 12y agoThis is a good first step. The GSLV has been notoriously difficult to get right for ISRO. Next step is to get the Cryogenic Upper stage to actually provide the critical thrust that will finally power it into a GesSyncronous orbit. On this mission it was bolted on but passive.
- robodale 12y agoI'm happy to see other countries are advancing their space capability, and hope this trend continues.
- canadaj 12y agoMe too! Maybe someday they'll take me with them...
- ChuckMcM 12y agoThe only down side is that a country that can launch a payload into orbit, can launch that payload into an orbit that intersects the planet (effectively making it an ICBM). You really want such countries to be run by reasonably stable governments (I know you don't get to choose but still). I think India having this capability is great, Pakistan? Not so much, Iran? Probably even less excited, and North Korea? Not excited at all.
- ansible 12y agoThe only down side is that a country that can launch a payload into orbit, can launch that payload into an orbit that intersects the planet (effectively making it an ICBM). This is exactly what the original space race was all about. All the launch platforms up until Saturn were for nuclear launch.
- ChuckMcM 12y agoOf course, and the trick is monitor payload size, getting 500kg into Low Earth Orbit doesn't help your nuclear ambitions at all, but getting 5,000kg into LEO does.
- listic 12y agoWhat is the ultimate goal of GSLV? What kind of crew vehicle will it ultimately launch?
- sremani 12y agoThe first goal is increased payload delivery and second goal is for manned missions - the CARE module is also part of the test which would be the space capsules ISRO would use.
- calvinbhai 12y agoultimate goal of GSLV itself is to become the cost reliable option for geostationary launches. until a few years back, India and other nations had to rely on extremely expensive (comparatively) options.
- hamitron 12y agoThose animated flag gifs don't do much to contribute to their credibility.
- pm90 12y agoAnimated flag gifs are unfortunately a part of many Indian websites, especially in many research and/or government organizations. Don't let them make you think any less of the credibility, its just a cultural thing.
- switchb4 12y agoJUNIOR WEB DEVELOPER
- halmcelroy 12y agoThey just launched a rocket into space which made it's way back successfully, and as designed.. on their first try. The animated gifs don't contribute much towards credibility when the achievements are this monumental.
- interesting_guy 12y ago*flash