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Indian Launch Vehicle Explodes After Lift-Off

Posted by timothy on from the christmas-setback dept.

Indian communications satellite GSAT-5P was destroyed by the explosion of its launch vehicle, the Geostationary Satellite Launch Vehicle. The GSLV malfunctioned while still in its first phase of its Christmas launch, after less than a minute of flight. YouTube has a video of the explosion, taken from TV9 Kannada.

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  1. Re:Fireworks! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Well, there have been dozens and dozens of successful Indian launches in the past, only this particular rocket series (GSLV) has a low success rate (2/5). The SLV, PSLV, and others have been remarkably successful.

    And that aside, "learning from your mistakes" is only possible if you give them the tech and details of your launches, which is not happening at the moment.