Key Indian satellite launch fails
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Key Indian satellite launch fails
The launch of India's heaviest communications satellite has failed after the rocket carrying it veered off course and exploded.
The Insat-4C satellite weighed more than 2,000kg and was expected to significantly enhance India's telephone and business communications.
It came a day after a test-fire of India's longest-range nuclear-capable ballistic missile ended in failure.
The Agni-III surface-to-surface missile crashed into the Bay of Bengal.
Setback
Television pictures showed the Insat-4C satellite being launched from the Sriharikota Space Research Centre in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh.
Seconds after lift-off, the satellite's launch vehicle veered sharply off course before disintegrating into a ball of fire and smoke. Debris from the satellite and its rocket fell into the Bay of Bengal.
India is hoping to break into the commercial satellite launch market
Emergency crews were immediately alerted. It is still not clear what caused the malfunction.
"A mishap happened in the first stage of the separation and it will be some time before we know what went wrong," Madhavan Nair, the mission chief, told reporters.
"We have to analyse the sequence of events to see what happened."
India has been hoping to break into the lucrative commercial satellite launch market, and correspondents say Monday's failure represents a setback for its ambitions.
The country is one of the world's largest operators of communication satellites and the disaster follows 12 successful launches.
Monday's flight was also supposed to set the stage for an Indian mission to the Moon.
On Sunday, the Agni-III surface-to-surface missile was test-fired off the coast of Orissa state but crashed into the Bay of Bengal without reaching its target.
Analysts say it has a range of more than 3,000km (1,865 miles) and could hit targets in China.
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Well, no pain, no gain...
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Awaiting reply from bhagat, Nvidia Freak, or Oh Maria.
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Originally posted by ditzy:Awaiting reply from bhagat, Nvidia Freak, or Oh Maria.
Am I not supposed to reply -
blooody clones.
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Another racist with his racist comment.Originally posted by Rejected:blooody clones. -
hahahaha. what would you expect from an elephant d*ck sub contintent which is known to produce cheap wages high bull$hitting and low skills labours flooding the world market??
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Another racist with his racist comment.Originally posted by killstyle:hahahaha. what would you expect from an elephant d*ck sub contintent which is known to produce cheap wages high bull$hitting and low skills labours flooding the world market?? -
hahaa. supply and demand
you supply the bait. i supply the flame.
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gee, thank you!Originally posted by Bhagat:Another racist with his racist comment. -
Shows your racist culture.Originally posted by Rejected:gee, thank you! -
well.. what can we expect much from a country with cheap labour?
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If Singapore cannot provide cheap labout pack your bag, go home and sleep. That's as simple.
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eh. sorry man. singapore too ex to mutiply like rabbits. so our population is kept small and expensive. only cheap places can afford to mutiply like rabbits. such as your beloved sub-continent.Originally posted by Bhagat:If Singapore cannot provide cheap labout pack your bag, go home and sleep. That's as simple. -
OMFG. hes getting worked up. i think hes going to flood this forum with more bollywood picture. ok ok i admit defeat
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Originally posted by killstyle:OMFG. hes getting worked up. i think hes going to flood this forum with more bollywood picture. ok ok i admit defeat
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Pretty good to see clownes pop up like little rats.
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You are very racist in your comments. You must stop it. I had not called you chinky, kinky or ponky. Stop this kind of uncoothed behaviour.Originally posted by killstyle:eh. sorry man. singapore too ex to mutiply like rabbits. so our population is kept small and expensive. only cheap places can afford to mutiply like rabbits. such as your beloved sub-continent. -
im chinese-ang moh mix. so what would you call me??
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I am not racist like you.Originally posted by killstyle:im chinese-ang moh mix. so what would you call me?? -
To be realistic and fair, no new development of a capabilty is totally 100% successful, failurres are part and parcel of R n D.
Even if the capability is being proven, accidents can and will still happen. -
Yes...I agree! But the problem with India is not being realistic ,practical and overly ambitious. Just like space project. They don even have the ability to send a human to space and they are talking abt project of sending a human to moon.Originally posted by tankee1981:To be realistic and fair, no new development of a capabilty is totally 100% successful, failurres are part and parcel of R n D.
Even if the capability is being proven, accidents can and will still happen.
Their LCA project proves to complicated in terms of engineering and avionics. They never take the basic step and their talking abt the next lvl and thinking them in the same league as USA. It is not surprising their project has such high failure. Agni III SSM is another great example,cos their neighbour already got something capable of hitting all India and they desperately trying to push the project without considering its success. Agni III fails,Satelite fails... One word for India. Please back to basic and learn how to walk before you think of how to run. You are making a fool of yrself -
the satellite was probably made from scrap metals from the rubbish dump of a country,which explain the heavy weight and why it exploded...
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I tell you what! They bullsh*t too much and works little. That explains their failureOriginally posted by ceecookie:the satellite was probably made from scrap metals from the rubbish dump of a country,which explain the heavy weight and why it exploded... . If they do more and talk less then it will be another different thing! -
no..white people are superior and only them can produce advanced thingsOriginally posted by zenden9:I tell you what! They bullshit too much and works little. That explains their failure . If they do more and talk less then it will be another different thing!
no offence to all of us hor