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Watch: Isro releases spectacular footage of GSLV-F08 onboard camera and it's WOW!

Watch: Isro releases spectacular footage of GSLV-F08 onboard camera and its WOW!

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After the successful launch of GSAT-6A communication satellite, the ISRO has released the footage of cameras onboard GSLV-F08 geosynchronous rocket.

The 1 minute 41 second long edited clip shows the stunning visuals of the liftoff from Sriharikota space port. (Watch the onboad camera footage here)

Clips of three stage separation, payload firing and ejection of the satellite complete the footage. 

The satellite, with a mission life of about 10 years, would provide thrust to mobile communication through multi-beam coverage facility, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said. In a text-book launch, about 18 minutes later, the rocket injected GSAT-6A into the geostationary transfer orbit as the ISRO scientists broke into celebrations at the mission control centre.

This is the 12th flight of GSLV rocket and the sixth with indigenous cryogenic upper stage.

The 2140-kg GSAT-6A is a high power S-band communication satellite and would complement the services provided by GSAT 6 since its launch in 2015. It will be a technology demonstrator for high power S-band transmission from the satellite for supporting two-way communication, according to ISRO.

The three-stage launch vehicle weighing 415.6 tonnes also was deployed with electromechanical actuation system in place of electro-hydraulic actuation system for much better reliability. 

In January, the space agency had successfully launched its 100th satellite along with 30 other spacecraft, including weather observation Cartosat 2 series on board its Polar rocket from here. That launch included 28 satellites from foreign countries and the successful mission had put behind the rare setback ISRO suffered after the failure of the PSLV-C39 mission in August last year.

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