The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) could not fully accomplish its mission to place Earth Observatory Satellite EOD-03 in orbit due to an anomaly. The launch was to be done early this morning by ISRO. The GSLV-F10/EOS-03 lifted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota at 5:43 am on August 12, 2021. It was done after a 26 hour countdown.
GSLV-F10 launch took place today at 0543 Hrs IST as scheduled. Performance of first and second stages was normal. However, Cryogenic Upper Stage ignition did not happen due to technical anomaly. The mission couldn't be accomplished as intended.
— ISRO (@isro) August 12, 2021
However, shortly afterwards, it was announced by the Range Operations Director, that the mission could not be accomplished fully due to a performance anomaly.
"Performance anomaly observed in the cryogenic stage. The mission could not be accomplished fully," said ISRO.
GSLV-F10 lifts off successfully from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota#GSLV-F10 #EOS03 #ISRO pic.twitter.com/iXZfHd7YdZ
— ISRO (@isro) August 12, 2021
What is EOS-03: Key Features-
EOS-03 is a state of art agile Earth Observation Satellite. It is to be placed in Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit by GSLV-F10. It is useful to monitor natural disasters like cyclones, cloudbursts and thunderstorms.
Mission Director authorizes the launch of GSLV-F10#ISRO #GSLVF10 #EOS03 pic.twitter.com/rvzpvgqwtB
— ISRO (@isro) August 11, 2021
ISRO has various earth observation satellites in its orbit. However, this is only the second one with a new nomenclature used by ISRO since last November.
This was the 14th flight of GSLV as informed by ISRO.
Watch Live: Launch of EOS-03 onboard GSLV-F10 https://t.co/NE3rVjNtHb
— ISRO (@isro) August 11, 2021
Also a 4m diameter Ogive shaped payload fairing was being flown for the first time in this very GSLV flight.
ISRO is trying something new nowadays with every launch it does. EOS-03 was being sent before EOS-02. However, that is now scheduled for the launch in September and October this year. The new launch would try out a new rocket like SSLV, called as Small Satellite Launch in September and October.
EOS-03- Importance:
This new satellite EOS-03 would be providing all the essential information for applications in various sectors. These include agriculture, water bodies like rivers, seas and oceans, forestry (forest fire) and other disaster warnings.
This was the second GSLV flight that had blasted off with the Chandrayaan-2 Moon mission space spacecraft.
Also read| GISAT-1 & RISAT-1A: Earth Observation satellites by ISRO- All you need to know
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