[BITList] Indian satellite explodes

[CT's]

ha, ha – now we know,  it’s those bloody engineers again.................................

    please, sir, "rotor seized and turbine casing ruptured” – eh!

    [agwallah asleep at the registers?]

    ct


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    Rocket with Indian satellite explodes after launch 


    AP 
    State-run Indian Space Research Organizations' (ISRO) satellite GSAT-5P rocket explodes in mid-air shortly after its launch in Sriharikota, India, Saturday, Dec. 25, 2010. The satellite GSAT-5P was hit by a snag Saturday in the first stage itself after its launch from the Sriharikota space center. It was the second failure for ISRO this year. A previous developmental flight of the geosynchronous satellite launch vehicle mission in April also ended as a failure with the rocket plunging into the Bay of Bengal. (AP Photo) INDIA OUT
    By ASHOK SHARMA
    The Associated Press 
    updated 12/25/2010 11:35:32 AM ET2010-12-25T16:35:32
    NEW DELHI — A rocket carrying an Indian communication satellite exploded just after liftoff Saturday in the second launch failure for India's space agency this year. 

    Television images showed the rocket exploding in smoke and fire just after it launched from the Sriharikota space center in Andhra Pradesh state. It was carrying a GSAT-5P communication satellite into orbit.

    The vehicle developed an error 47 seconds after liftoff and lost command, leading to a higher angle in the flight, said K. Radhakrishnan, chairman of the Indian Space Research Organization.

    "That caused a higher stress, breaking up the vehicle," Radhakrishnan told reporters.

    In April, a similar rocket on a developmental flight plunged into the Bay of Bengal. The ISRO said its rotor seized and turbine casing ruptured, probably due to excessive pressure and thermal stresses.








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