First Experimental Flight of India's Launch Vehicle GSLV Mk-III Successful
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#2This 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.
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#3I'm happy to see other countries are advancing their space capability, and hope this trend continues.
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#4I'm happy to see other countries are advancing their space capability, and hope this trend continues.
Me too! Maybe someday they'll take me with them...
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#5What is the ultimate goal of GSLV? What kind of crew vehicle will it ultimately launch?
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#6I'm happy to see other countries are advancing their space capability, and hope this trend continues.
The 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.
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#7What is the ultimate goal of GSLV? What kind of crew vehicle will it ultimately launch?
The 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.
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#8Those animated flag gifs don't do much to contribute to their credibility.
Re: First Experimental Flight of India's Launch Vehicle GSLV Mk-III Successful
#9What is the ultimate goal of GSLV? What kind of crew vehicle will it ultimately launch?
ultimate 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.
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#10Those animated flag gifs don't do much to contribute to their credibility.
Animated 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.