GSLV Mk II | EOS-03

Status

Failure

EOS-03

Launch Time
Thu Aug 12, 2021 00:13 UTC

3rd stage suffered insufficient pressure in the liquid hydrogen tank at engine start, due to vent and relief valve soft seal damage and leakage, which led to a failed engine ignition.

First GSLV flight with the new 4m ogive fairing.

Watch | Article

Rocket

GSLV Mk II

Image Credit: ISRO

ISRO

Status: Active

Price: $47.0 million

Liftoff Thrust: 7,887 kN

Payload to LEO: 5,000 kg

Payload to GTO: 2,500 kg

Stages: 3

Strap-ons: 4

Rocket Height: 51.7 m

Fairing Diameter: 4.0 m

Fairing Height: 7.8 m

Details

Mission Details

EOS-03

EOS-03, also named GEO Imaging Satellite or GISAT is a planned Indian geo-imaging satellite for providing images quickly during disasters. GISATs will image in multi-spectral and hyper-spectral bands to provide near real-time pictures of large areas of the country, under cloud-free conditions, at frequent intervals which is, selected field image in every 5 minutes and entire Indian landmass image every 30 minutes at 42 m spatial resolution.

Payloads: 1

Total Mass: 2,268.0 kg

Geostationary Transfer Orbit

Wiki

Location

Second Launch Pad, Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India

Wiki

Stats

2021

76th orbital launch attempt

Indian Space Research Organisation

79th mission

2nd mission of 2021

9th failed mission

GSLV Mk I & II

14th mission

1st mission of 2021

4th failed mission