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Vaiju Naravane
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PERFECT TWO:The Ariane 5 rocket, carrying two telecommunications satellites ST-2 and GSAT-8, takes off from its launch site in Kourou on Saturday.
Vaiju Naravane
| ISRO's facility at Hassan confirms reception of signals |
Guiana Space Centre, Kouru: It was a perfect launch. At exactly 2.08 a.m. IST on Saturday, Ariane-5, the 800-tonne launcher, carrying two communications satellites weighing over 9,000 kg in its nose fairing, blasted off into space.
India's GSAT-8 — the largest and heavies satellite built by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and its partners — was one of the two “co-passengers” on the flight. The other, an even heavier satellite weighing five tonnes, was from Singapore and Taiwan.
Although the launch window was 90 minutes long, the countdown began on the dot at 17.38 local time and on the word “top” from the Jupiter Control Room, the cryogenic main engine was ignited. Just 7.05 seconds later the booster rockets roared into life each containing 250 tonnes of dry powder that gave a thrust of 13,000 tonnes.
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