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Indian Space Research OrganizationGSLV Mk. IISatish Dhawan Space Centre Second Launch Pad, Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India
GSAT-4 (HealthSat)
Launched
April 15, 2010
Summary
GSAT-4 launched on an Indian Space Research Organization GSLV Mk. II from Satish Dhawan Space Centre Second Launch Pad, Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India on April 15, 2010. The mission failed: Third stage failure. It was Indian Space Research Organization's 30th launch, 1st this year and humanity's 5,046th orbital launch attempt. It was the 1st GSLV Mk. II flight. The payload was bound for Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO).
- Result
- Third stage failure.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Communications · Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO)
- Milestone
- 1st GSLV Mk. II flightIndian Space Research Organization's 30th launch1st this yearhumanity's 5,046th orbital launch attempt14th orbital launch attempt this year
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About this launch
GSAT-4 was an experimental ISRO communications and navigation satellite carrying a Ka-band payload and a GAGAN navigation augmentation payload. It was lost when the GSLV's first indigenous cryogenic upper stage failed to ignite properly.
Pad
Satish Dhawan Space Centre Second Launch Pad, Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India
7th launch from Satish Dhawan Space Centre Second Launch Pad, 1st this year · 30th from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India
33 launches from this pad · 105 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India
360 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did GSAT-4 launch?
GSAT-4 launched on April 15, 2010. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Why did GSAT-4 fail?
Third stage failure.
Where can I watch GSAT-4?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched GSAT-4?
GSLV Mk. II, flown by Indian Space Research Organization. GSLV Mk. II spec sheet
Where did GSAT-4 launch from?
Satish Dhawan Space Centre Second Launch Pad, Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India.
What orbit was GSAT-4 going to?
Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO), a communications mission.