ISRO’s Performance
GSAT 6A After successful launch of GSAT-6A onboard GSLV-F08, and the two stages of orbit raising operation, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) lost contact of the satellite (ISRO is still trying re-establish link). |
This is the second mission failure for ISRO in six months, with the previous one being the PSLV-C39, a failure in whose heat shield failed to put into orbit ISRO’s navigation satellite IRNSS-1H, which is scheduled for a fresh launch later this year. About GSAT-6A: GSAT-6A, is a high power communication satellite which was to have a mission life of about 10 years. The satellite was also to .... |
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