India’s Newly Launched GSAT-6A Communications Satellite Falls Silent after 2nd Orbit-Raising Burn

India’s GSAT-6A military communications satellite has unexpectedly gone silent after conducting a major engine burn on Saturday, indicating a potentially serious onboard anomaly had occurred less than two days after the craft’s successful launch atop a GSLV rocket.

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GSLV Rocket Soars to 5th Success in a Row with Upgraded Vikas Engine & new Shutdown Technique

India’s Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle powered away from the country’s Eastern Shore on Thursday, successfully placing the GSAT-6A advanced S-Band communications satellite into orbit and introducing an upgraded engine as the first of a number of improvements coming up on India’s rockets in the coming years.

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Photos: GSAT-6 Communications Satellite Readies for Launch

India’s GSAT-6A advanced S-Band communications satellite, undergoes final pre-launch processing before being shipped to the Satish Dhawan Space Center for propellant loading, encapsulation and installation atop its ride to space, a Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mk.II.

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