ISRO to release details of GSLV-F02 failure

Bangalore, Sep 5: The Failure Analysis Committee report on the unsuccessful mission of GSLV-F02 on July ten has been submitted to ISRO by Commitee head K Narayana, former Director of the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota.

The launch vehicle carrying the fourth generation INSAT satellite INSAT 4C, aimed at giving a fillip to Direct-to-Home television broadcast, took off at 1738 hrs on the fateful day, but moved away from the pre-determined path and was later destroyed mid-air.

ISRO Chairman G Madhavan Nair initially said the mission failed due to a glitch in the separation of booster from the launch vehicle and announced the setting up of the 15-member FAC to go into the details of the failure and recommend necessary remedial measures. It was asked to review the performance of all the sub-systems from lift off to termination of the flight.

Mr Nair would announce the details of the FAC at a press conference here tomorrow.

UNI