GSLV Mk II
Launch vehicle · India
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Indian GSLV orbital launch vehicle variant.
4 stage vehicle consisting of 4 x GSOM + 1 x GS1-S139 + 1 x GS2 + 1 x CUS12.
More at: GSLV Mk II.
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- Country
- India
- Spacecraft
- I-2K
- Launch Sites
- Sriharikota SLP
Chronology
7 events
2010 April 15
10:57 GMT - . Launch Site: Sriharikota. LV Family: GSLV. Launch Vehicle: GSLV Mk II. FAILURE: Third stage failure..- Gsat 4 - . Nation: India. Agency: ISRO. Class: Communications. Type: Communications satellite. Spacecraft: I-2K. Failed to orbit due to third stage failure. Ka-band communications satellite with a GPS-augmentation navigation transmitter..
2014 January 5
10:48 GMT - . Launch Site: Sriharikota. Launch Complex: Sriharikota SLP. LV Family: GSLV. Launch Vehicle: GSLV Mk II.- GSAT-14 - .
Mass: 1,982 kg (4,369 lb). Nation: India.
Class: Communications.
Type: Communications satellite. Spacecraft: I-2K.
USAF Sat Cat: 39498 . COSPAR: 2014-001A. Apogee: 35,789 km (22,238 mi). Perigee: 35,784 km (22,235 mi). Inclination: 0.0800 deg. Period: 1,436.09 min.
Carried C and Ku band communications payloads, and Ka-band beacons for a propagation study. The launch vehicle put the satellite in an initial 182 km x 35,755 km x 19.4 deg geostationary transfer orbit. By January 7 its onboard apogee engine had placed it in a 32,543 x 35,741 km x 0.7 deg subsynchronous orbit on the way to GEO. By February 4 it was on station at 73.9 deg E.
2015 August 27
11:22 GMT - . Launch Site: Sriharikota. Launch Complex: Sriharikota SLP. LV Family: GSLV. Launch Vehicle: GSLV Mk II.- GSAT-6 - . Mass: 2,117 kg (4,667 lb). Nation: India. Class: Communications. Type: Communications satellite. Spacecraft: I-2K. USAF Sat Cat: 40880 . COSPAR: 2015-041A. Apogee: 35,831 km (22,264 mi). Perigee: 35,742 km (22,209 mi). Inclination: 1.03 deg. Period: 1,436.10 min. Military communications satellite with S-band and C-band payload for use by the Indian Armed Forces. Geosynchronous orbit stationed at 83E.
2016 September 8
11:20 GMT - . Launch Site: Sriharikota. Launch Complex: Sriharikota SLP. LV Family: GSLV. Launch Vehicle: GSLV Mk II.- Insat-3DR - .
Nation: USA.
Class: Earth.
Type: Weather satellite. Spacecraft Bus: Insat 2.
Spacecraft: Insat 3.
USAF Sat Cat: 41752 . COSPAR: 2016-054A. Apogee: 35,935 km (22,328 mi). Perigee: 152 km (94 mi). Inclination: 20.60 deg.
Fourth GSLV Mk II rocket, carrying the Insat-3DR weather satellite. The cryogenic upper stage, serial CUS-07, performed nominally. The satellite made its first orbit raising burn on Sep 9. As well as weather sensors and data relay payloads, Insat-3DR carried a transponder to support search and rescue (SARSAT).
2017 May 5
11:26 GMT - . Launch Site: Sriharikota. Launch Complex: Sriharikota SLP. LV Family: GSLV. Launch Vehicle: GSLV Mk II.- South Asia Satellite - . Payload: GSAT 9. Nation: India. USAF Sat Cat: 42695 . COSPAR: 2017-024A. Apogee: 35,798 km (22,243 mi). Perigee: 35,776 km (22,230 mi). Inclination: 0.12 deg. Period: 1,436.11 min. See GSat 9 (South Asian Satellite). ..
2018 March 29
11:25 GMT - . Launch Site: Sriharikota. Launch Complex: Sriharikota SLP. LV Family: GSLV. Launch Vehicle: GSLV Mk II.- GSAT 6A - . Nation: India. USAF Sat Cat: 43241 . COSPAR: 2018-027A. Apogee: 36,342 km (22,581 mi). Perigee: 26,007 km (16,159 mi). Inclination: 2.70 deg. Period: 1,207.03 min. See GSat 6A. ..