ISROs NVS-02 Satellite tv for pc Suffers Setback, Thrusters Fail To Hearth

New Delhi: ISRO’s makes an attempt to position the NVS-02 satellite tv for pc within the desired orbit suffered a setback after the thrusters on board the spacecraft failed to fireplace, the house company stated on Sunday. The NVS-02 satellite tv for pc, which was essential for India’s personal space-based navigation system, was launched on January 29 on board the GSLV-Mk 2 rocket which was ISRO’s one centesimal launch from the spaceport at Shriharikota.

“However the orbit elevating operations in the direction of positioning the satellite tv for pc to the designated orbital slot couldn’t be carried out because the valves for admitting the oxidizer to fireplace the thrusters for orbit elevating didn’t open,” the house company stated in an replace to the GSLV-F15 mission on its web site. The satellite tv for pc is orbiting the Earth in an elliptical Geosynchronous Switch Orbit (GTO) which isn’t appropriate for the navigation system.

“The satellite tv for pc techniques are wholesome and the satellite tv for pc is at present in elliptical orbit. Alternate mission methods for utilising the satellite tv for pc for navigation in an elliptical orbit are being labored out,” ISRO stated. After the GSLV rocket positioned the satellite tv for pc within the GTO, the photo voltaic panels on board the satellite tv for pc have been efficiently deployed and energy technology was nominal. Communication with the bottom station has been established, the house company stated.

The launch on board the GSLV was profitable as all of the levels carried out flawlessly and the orbit was achieved with a excessive diploma of precision.