Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) plan to place an earth observation satellite by a GSLV rocket, the second mission of the year, faced a setback. The mission could not be "accomplished fully" due to a performance anomaly in the cryogenic stage of the rocket.
The GSLV-F10/EOS-03 successfully lifted off from the launch pad at the spaceport as planned at 05.43 am after the countdown concluded.
Ahead of the lift-off, the Launch Authorisation Board (LAB) cleared the decks for a normal lift-off as planned. Scientists at the Mission Control Centre said the performance of the rocket in the first and second stages was normal.
However, minutes later the scientists were seen in discussion and it was announced in the Mission Control Centre by the Range Operations Director "mission could not be accomplished fully due to performance anomaly".
ISRO Chairman K Sivan said, "It could not be fully accomplished mainly because there is a technical anomaly observed in the cryogenic stage."
After the countdown commenced, scientists were engaged in the filling of propellants for the four-stage rocket at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota.
The objective of Thursday's mission was to provide near real-time imaging of large area regions at frequent intervals, for quick monitoring of natural disasters, episodic events and obtain spectral signatures for agriculture, forestry, water bodies as well as for disaster warning, cyclone monitoring, cloud burst and thunderstorm monitoring.
(With PTI Inputs)