<p>The 29-hour countdown for the launch of indigenously developed geo-synchronous satellite launch vehicle D5 (GSLV-D5), along with communication satellite GSAT-14, scheduled to blast-off on Monday at Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SHAR) in Sriharikota is progressing smoothly.<br /><br /></p>.<p>“The countdown which started at 11:50 am is progressing well and the process of filling liquid propellant to the rocket is in progress,” a senior official from the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) told Deccan Herald on Sunday.<br /><br />The official said that liquid propellants are being filled into the second stage. Liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen, which fuel the cryogenic engine, will be filled around 9 am on Monday, he added. Though the Met department has predicted heavy rain over the coastal region in the next 24 hours due to upper air cyclonic circulation over the Bay of Bengal, Isro officials were confident that the launch would not be affected.<br /><br />“The rain does not matter as the vehicle is fully rain-proof,” the official said.<br /><br />The mission assumes significance as the indigenously developed cryogenic upper stage (CUS) will be flight tested for the second time.<br /></p>
<p>The 29-hour countdown for the launch of indigenously developed geo-synchronous satellite launch vehicle D5 (GSLV-D5), along with communication satellite GSAT-14, scheduled to blast-off on Monday at Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SHAR) in Sriharikota is progressing smoothly.<br /><br /></p>.<p>“The countdown which started at 11:50 am is progressing well and the process of filling liquid propellant to the rocket is in progress,” a senior official from the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) told Deccan Herald on Sunday.<br /><br />The official said that liquid propellants are being filled into the second stage. Liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen, which fuel the cryogenic engine, will be filled around 9 am on Monday, he added. Though the Met department has predicted heavy rain over the coastal region in the next 24 hours due to upper air cyclonic circulation over the Bay of Bengal, Isro officials were confident that the launch would not be affected.<br /><br />“The rain does not matter as the vehicle is fully rain-proof,” the official said.<br /><br />The mission assumes significance as the indigenously developed cryogenic upper stage (CUS) will be flight tested for the second time.<br /></p>
