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Indian Satellite Lost in Launch Explosion

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the little-late-for-fireworks dept.

An anonymous reader writes "BBC News is reporting that the recent communications satellite launch in India has met with disaster. The satellite, designed to enhance India's telephone and communications network, was lost when the rocket carrying it veered off course and exploded. This is the second disappointment in recent launch attempts, coming just one day after the failed long-range ballistic missile test launch."

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  1. well by MrSquirrel · · Score: 3, Funny

    I guess it's a good thing NASA doesn't outsource.

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    1. Re:well by voice_of_all_reason · · Score: 1, Funny

      feeding the 400M people there that live on a dollar a day

      Now now... if Vishnu wanted them to eat, she would have put them in a better castle.

    2. Re:well by tempestdata · · Score: 2, Funny

      Its not like NASA hasn't blown up a few shuttles itself. This literally IS rocket science. Its very easy to goof up. Give the Indians a break. Would you want them posting on slashdot "NASA Should have outsourced" when NASA has its next exploding rocket/space shuttle?

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    3. Re:well by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      I would suggest you find out the number of indians working for NASA. The joke would be on you my friend.

  2. Indian Astronauts by Durrok · · Score: 5, Funny

    Monday's flight was also supposed to set the stage for an Indian mission to the Moon.

    Something tells me there may be a lack of volunteers for this now...

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    1. Re:Indian Astronauts by HoneyBunchesOfGoats · · Score: 4, Funny

      You should keep in mind that it will be a mission to the moon, not a mission to and from it.

  3. Dang! by Morky · · Score: 5, Funny

    Rockets is hard!

  4. I think it was by drpimp · · Score: 4, Funny

    Homer Simpson who said it best .... "DOH!"

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  5. This just in by geekoid · · Score: 5, Funny

    Building rockets is as hard as rocket science.

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    1. Re:This just in by Citizen+of+Earth · · Score: 2, Funny
      Building rockets is as hard as rocket science.

      Well, at least it's not brain surgery.

  6. In other news... by Cherita+Chen · · Score: 4, Funny

    In other news, Pakistan is reporting that it will not seek retribution for the explosion which rocked their capital earlier this morning, as no casualties have been reported. Pakistani Prime Minister Shaukat Azis was quoted as saying, "Satellite my ass, you missed bitch"...

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  7. Re:disappointment? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Did I get that right? An unattentive commenter mistakes an Indian satellite for a North Korean ICBM?
    Doesn't anybody screen these postss?

  8. It's ok by me by Harmonious+Botch · · Score: 5, Funny

    It was a communications satellite, right? Anything that limits the possibility of my tech support calls getting routed to India is just fine by me.

  9. Unfortunate Coincidence? by CodeMasterPhilzar · · Score: 4, Funny
    From the article, it appears the two rockets were different designs/models, and launched from different sites. So probably no correlation there... Still, I'll bet there are lots of engineering types losing sleep over there right now.

    They have had 12 successful commercial launches in a row, a good record. But now they're 0 for 2 in their last to big launch attempts.

    Note to self, stay out of the Bay of Bengal when they're launching. ;-)

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  10. In other news... by lelitsch · · Score: 5, Funny

    There was a small, secret "hey, our new invisible space-based laser has worked three times in a row now" party at Vandenberg AFB.

  11. Well, when it comes to exploding rockets, by ScrewMaster · · Score: 3, Funny

    You're a better bomb than I, Gunga Din.

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  12. is this the rocket... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Excuse me...I was looking for the new, long-awaited "Rocketboom" video, but it appears I am in the wrong thread.

    Oh wait...........

  13. Airborne Laser by p51d007 · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm surprised the tinfoil hats haven't said it was the U.S. Military using the airborne laser weapon LOL. http://www.boeing.com/defense-space/military/abl/

  14. No Malfunctioning Star Wars Orbital Laser by arthurpaliden · · Score: 2, Funny

    Actually it is an old Star Wars Orbital Laser from the Regan years. Unfortunately it has been malfunctioning for years and the U.S. still cannot get control of it to turn off its automatic targeting and firing mode. It has already shot down two shuttles, several air liners and a few other missiles. Three in the last few days.

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  15. probable cause of the accident by RelliK · · Score: 3, Funny

    The engineers called tech support while assembling the rocket but couldn't quite understand the accent.

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