ISRO is all set to launch GSLV-Mk III mission on June 5

Moving a vital step forward in space technology, the Indian Space Research Organisation is all set to launch its heaviest rocket GSLV-Mark III, carrying communication satellite on June 5 from country's spaceport in Sriharikota.

GSLV-Mark III is capable launching four ton class of satellites to Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO). The GSLV rocket is the first developmental flight, carrying 3136 kg GSAT-19 satellite to a GTO.

A senior official from ISRO here on Tuesday said "GSLV Mk III-D1/GSAT-19 mission is scheduled to be launched on 5, June, 2017 at 4.28 pm from the second 

launch pad at SDSC SHAR, Sriharikota". 

According to ISRO official, after getting clearance from Mission Readiness Review (MRR) committee and Launch



Authorisation Board (LAB), the countdown of the GSLV-Mark III launch mission will be announced.

GSAT-19 satellite with a lift-off mass of 3136 kg, is the communication satellite of India, configured around the ISRO's standard I-3K bus.

GSAT-19 carries Ka/Ku-band high throughput communication transponders. Besides, it carries a Geostationary Radiation Spectrometer (GRASP) payload to monitor and study the nature of charged particles and the influence of space radiation on satellites and their electronic components. 

GSAT-19 also features certain advanced spacecraft technologies including miniaturised heat pipe, fibre optic gyro, Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) accelerometer, Ku-band TTC transponder, as well an indigenous Lithium-ion Battery.