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| Edited By: Karrishma Modhy |Source: DNA webdesk |Updated: Mar 12, 2018, 06:07 AM IST
The GSLV-F05 rocket successfully places the INSAT-3DR weather satellite into geosynchronous transfer orbit. ISRO's GSLV-F05 carrying advanced Weather Satellite INSAT-3DR will provide a variety of meteorological services to the country.
GSLV-F05 in its 10th flight would launch the 2,211 kg advanced weather satellite INSAT-3DR into Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO). INSAT-3DR will provide a variety of meteorological services to the country. GSLV-F05 is the flight in which the indigenously developed Cryogenic Upper Stage (CUS) will be carried on-board for the fourth time during a GSLV flight. The GSLV-F05 flight is significant since it is the first operational flight of GSLV carrying CUS.
After reaching the GTO, the solar panels of the satellite will be deployed immediately. ISRO's Master Control Facility at Hassan, Karnataka will take control of the satellite and perform the initial orbit raising manoeuvres and place it in circular Geostationary Orbit. The entire process is expected to take place in 17 minutes from the launch.
