Launch Vehicle With Russian Booster Takes Off From Indian Space Center
Posted on: Monday, 20 September 2004, 06:00 CDT
MOSCOW. Sept 17 (Interfax) - The Indian Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) propelled by the Russian 12 KRB booster took off from the SHAR launch site in Shriharikota, India on Monday carrying an Edusat satellite.
A Russian Space Agency statement released on Monday says the Edusat, which weighs 1,950 kilos, was placed at 74 degrees of eastern longitude.
"The satellite was put into orbit according to plan. The GSLV launch vehicle used as its third stage the Russian 12 KRB booster developed at the Khrunichev Space Center under agreement with the Indian Space Research Organization," the release says.
The 12 KRB is an absolutely new cryogenic booster unit for placing satellites weighing up to 2.5 tons in geostationary orbit from the SHAR center. It uses ecologically friendly and highly powerful oxygen-and-hydrogen fuel.
The booster is serially made. This was the third successful launch of a GSLV with a Russian booster. The first one took place on April 18, 2001 and the second on May 8, 2003.
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