India to revisit previously unsuccessful satellite launch vehicle

摘要

India intends next year to flight test its three-stage geosynchronous satellite launch vehicle (GSLV). The type failed in a 15 April launch attempt owing to non-ignition of the Indian-made upper cryogenic engine stage.rnIndian Space Research Organisation chairman K Radhakrishnan says the cause of failure is under investigation but ISRO plans tornuse the GSLV to launch India's Insat-class, 2t spacecraft and India's second lunar mission, Chan-drayaan-II, for launch in 2013.rnChandrayaan-II is a joint Indo-Russian mission to put robotic rovers, one from each partner nation, on the Moon.