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| A screen grab of GSLV D6 launch – ISRO image (video below) |
Staff Correspondent, August 27, 2015, NewsCrunch
At 4.52 pm on Thursday, GSLV D6 blasted off from the Sriharikota spaceport carrying a two tonne communication satellite GSAT-6.
The 161-feet tall rocket inserted GSAT-6 in the geosynchronous transfer orbit (GTO) after 17 minutes of flight time.
The first stage blends solid and liquid fuel, the second stage is wholly liquid fuel, and the third stage deploys the cryogenic engine.
The cryogenic engine used in Thursday’s lift-off has been indigenously built. With today’s feat, ISRO has managed to send two successful GSLV rockets to space in a span of a little over a year.