Second consecutive failure of Geo-Stationary Launch Vehicle
SRIHARIKOTA: At the mission control centre of ISRO’s spaceport in Shriharikota all the gloom descended today, as India’s aim of augmenting communication services failed after GSLV-F06 carrying GSAT-5P met with an unexpected end.
At the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, minutes after the lift-off from the second launch pad GSLV F06 was seen exploding, leaving red and orange colour flames in its trail.
A melancholic silence enveloped the mission control tower where the country’s top-most scientists, including ISRO Chairman K Radhakrishnan, were glued to the monitors.
As the scientists saw the rocket go up in flames, silence gave way to murmurs of disappointment.
This is the second consecutive failure of Geo-Stationary Launch Vehicle after the GSLV-D3 mission using India’s own cryogenic engine after the first one had ended unsuccessfully in April this year.
(News Editor- Naushin Fatima Khan)
