ISRO INSAT-3DS Updates Live: ISRO’s GSLV-F14 Successfully Places INSAT-3DS Satellite in Orbit

INSAT-3DS Launch: Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has launched India’s latest wear satellite INSAT-3DS on Saturday, February 17. INSAT-3DS will enhance meteorological observations and help in better wear forecasting and disaster warning. ISRO launch wear satellite INSAT-3DS aboard GSLV F14 at 5.35 pm from Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota, Andhra Presh. 

After successful launch, ISRO informed that space vehicle successfully placed satellite into intended Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO). 

INSAT-3DS satellite is a follow-on mission of a third generation meteorological satellite to be placed in geostationary orbit, and it is fully funded by Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES).

ISRO’s ‘Naughty Boy’ Launches INSAT-3DS

wear satellite was launched by GSLV F14 on Saturday. In its 16th mission, GSLV aims to deploy satellite into Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO). Subsequent orbit-raising manoeuvres will ensure that satellite is positioned in a geostationary orbit, space agency said.

GSLV can be used to launch a variety of spacecraft capable of performing earth resource surveys, communications, navigation, and any or proprietary missions. But GSLV F14 is called ‘naughty boy’ of Indian Space programme as it does not hold a very good track record. 

GSLV F14 holds a failure rate of 14 per cent. It has carried out 14 space missions till date, among which six have encountered some kind of problems. 

How Will  INSAT-3DS Benefit India? 

new wear satellite, INSAT-3DS, is designed to make enhanced meteorological observations and monitor land and ocean surfaces for wear forecasting and disaster warning. latest launch will enhance strength of INSAT club. 

Many departments of MoES such as India Meteorology Department (IMD), National Centre for Medium-Range Wear Forecasting (NCMRWF), Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT), and Indian National Center for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) and or agencies and institutes will be using INSAT-3DS satellite data to provide improved wear forecasts and meteorological services. 

ISRO Chief Somnath Offers Prayers in Andhra Presh 

Earlier, ahe of launch of new meterological satellite, INSAT-3DS, chief of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) S Somnath offered prayers at Sri Chengalamma Temple in Sullurpet of Andhra Presh. 

“INSAT- 3DS launch is at 5.35 pm today. This satellite is meant for our wear-climate studies,” said S Somnath while talking to reporters at Sullurpet after offering prayers at Sri Chengalamma Temple. 

ISRO Skips 'Unlucky 13' Numbers ‘Naughty Boy’ GSLV F-14

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has once again avoided using number '13' in naming its latest Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) rocket. Ahe of launch on Saturday with wear satellite INSAT-3DS, this GSLV rocket has been named 'GSLV-F14', skipping 'GSLV-F13'. This numbering pattern mirrors ISRO's previous practice with its Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV).

According to media reports, ISRO's decision to skip '13' follows a trition of avoiding number, which is considered ‘unlucky’ by many. Similarly, NASA, American space agency, has refrained from using '13' in its mission designations since Apollo-13 mission failure.

During a recent event for NASA-ISRO Syntic Aperture Rar (NISAR) satellite, ISRO officials hered to tritional customs, including breaking coconuts in front of launch vehicles for good luck. Such practices are not uncommon in space agencies, with Russian cosmonauts having ir own rituals, like urinating on a bus wheel before launch.

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