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Indian Space Research OrganizationGSLVSatish Dhawan Space Centre First Launch Pad, Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India
GSAT-1
Launched
April 18, 2001
Summary
GSAT-1 launched on an Indian Space Research Organization GSLV from Satish Dhawan Space Centre First Launch Pad, Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India on April 18, 2001. The mission failed: Payload placed into lower than planned orbit. Payload didn't have enough fuel to get to a usable orbit. It was Indian Space Research Organization's 14th launch, 1st this year and humanity's 4,467th orbital launch attempt. It was the 1st GSLV flight. The payload was bound for Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO). 2 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Result
- Payload placed into lower than planned orbit. Payload didn't have enough fuel to get to a usable orbit.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- GSLV · Indian Space Research Organization
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Communications · Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO)
- Milestone
- 1st GSLV flightIndian Space Research Organization's 14th launch1st this yearhumanity's 4,467th orbital launch attempt15th orbital launch attempt this year
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Catalogued objects
2 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage; 1 still in orbit
- GSAT-1 · NORAD 26745 · in orbit
GSLV CS-1 · re-entered January 18, 2003
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
GSAT-1 was an experimental ISRO communications satellite flown on the first Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle development flight. The upper stage underperformed and the satellite could not reach its intended geostationary position.
Pad
Satish Dhawan Space Centre First Launch Pad, Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India
6th launch from Satish Dhawan Space Centre First Launch Pad, 1st this year · 14th from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India
64 launches from this pad · 105 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India
693 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did GSAT-1 launch?
GSAT-1 launched on April 18, 2001. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Why did GSAT-1 fail?
Payload placed into lower than planned orbit. Payload didn't have enough fuel to get to a usable orbit.
Where can I watch GSAT-1?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched GSAT-1?
GSLV, flown by Indian Space Research Organization. GSLV spec sheet
Where did GSAT-1 launch from?
Satish Dhawan Space Centre First Launch Pad, Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India.
What orbit was GSAT-1 going to?
Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO), a communications mission.
How many satellites did GSAT-1 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).