th<\/sup>\n. The next launch date could be months later.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe countdown to the launch was stopped at 56 minutes ahead\nof the scheduled time after scientists detected a problem in the rocket. ISRO did\nnot specify it but there were indications that the problem was detected in the\nupper stage of the rocket having the cryogenic engine where liquid hydrogen\nfuel had been filled less than half an hour earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
GSLV-MkIII is the most powerful rocket built by ISRO and is\ndesigned to carry heavier payloads, weighing up to 4000 kg, into the\ngeosynchronous transfer orbit, at least 35,000 km from the earth. It is\nsupposed to be the rocket for the future. It has made only two successful\nflights till now, the first one that of GSLV Mk-III D1 in June 2017 that\ncarried the GSAT-19, a communication satellite weighing more than 3000 kg, and\nthen in November last year, when the GSLV Mk-III D2 launched the 3423-kg\nGSAT-29 communication satellite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The proposed human mission to space, to be launched by 2022,\nis also planned to be carried on GSLV Mk-III rocket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Reason for Call off Chandrayaan – II<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
The countdown to the launch stopped at 56 minutes ahead of the scheduled time after scientists detected a problem in the rocket.\u00a0
ISRO did not specify it but there were indications that the problem was detected in the upper stage of the rocket having the cryogenic engine where liquid hydrogen fuel had been filled less than half an hour earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
About Chandrayaan – I
Chandrayaan-1 and Mangalyaan, India\u2019s first mission to Mars, launched in 2013, PSLV has a capacity to deliver payloads only up to 1500 kg in the sub-GTO orbits.
PSLV has 48 successful launches
It is not suitable for launching heavier payloads, like Chandrayaan-2 which weighed close to 4,000 kg.
The mission initially slated to be launched last year but was postponed at least twice due to unavailability of a suitable window of opportunity to land on the moon.
About GSLV MK – III<\/strong>
GSLV-MkIII is the most powerful rocket built by ISRO\u00a0
It is designed to carry heavier payloads, weighing up to 4000 kg, into the geosynchronous transfer orbit,\u00a0
At least 35,000 km from the earth.\u00a0
It is supposed to be the rocket for the future.\u00a0
Two successful flights of GSLV Mk-III D1 in June 2017 that carried the GSAT-19, a communication satellite weighing more than 3000 kg.
GSLV Mk-III D2 launched the 3423-kg GSAT-29 communication satellite.
The proposed human mission to space, to be launched by 2022,\u00a0
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