GUWAHATI: The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has successfully launched the GSLV-F14/INSAT-3DS mission at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh today on February 17, 2024, at 5:30 PM.
The GSLV-F14, often called the “naughty boy,” was launched today to deploy the INSAT-3DS meteorological satellite into the Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO).
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As per reports, the spacecraft has been dubbed “naughty boy” of the Indian space programme by a former chairman of the ISRO. The GSLV has hit several bumps while delivering in the past, and holds a failure rate of 40 per cent. Out of its total 15 space missions till date, GSLV F14 has faced problems in six of them, hence earning the name.
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The rocket is a three-stage 51.7 m long launch vehicle used to launch a variety of spacecraft capable of performing communications, navigation, earth resource surveys, and any other proprietary mission. It was reportedly called as the ‘Naughty Boy of the Indian space programme because it frequently runs into problems during missions.
The INSAT-3DS Satellite is a follow-on mission of Third Generation Meteorological Satellite from Geostationary Orbit, designed for enhanced meteorological observations and monitoring of land and ocean surfaces and will be used by various departments of the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) such as the India Meteorology Department (IMD), National Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasting (NCMRWF), Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT), Indian National Center for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) to provide improved weather forecasts and meteorological services and disaster warning.