It was a tense night at the spaceport in SRIHARIKOTA, after a leak was detected in the liquid propellant tank of GSLV-D5, carrying communication satellite GSAT-14, two hours before its scheduled launch at 4.50pm on Monday, August 19, 2013. Indian...
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It was a tense night at the spaceport in SRIHARIKOTA, after a leak was detected in the liquid propellant tank of GSLV-D5, carrying communication satellite GSAT-14, two hours before its scheduled launch at 4.50pm on Monday, August 19, 2013.
Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) scientists remotely drained the fuel from the second stage and the indigenous cryogenic engine. Isro chairman K Radhakrishnan told TOI the process was completed on Tuesday morning. "It's still not safe to go near the rocket because there could be fumes and other impurities in the air," he said. "We'll move the vehicle to the assembly building on Sunday or Monday to ascertain the damage."
The GSLV-D5 launch has been a much-awaited milestone for ISRO since it uses an indigenous cryogenic engine. After the US imposed sanctions stories-Pokhran II in 1998, Russia, the sole supplier of cryogenic engines, refused to part with the technology, forcing India to accelerate its cryogenic engine project that started in the early 1990s. With six of the seven Russian cryogenic engines in ISRO's custody being used up, India has no option but to develop its own to launch satellites weighing up to 5,000kg. It is also vital for India's proposed manned mission to space.
