<p>The geosynchronous satellite launch vehicle (GSLV) carrying advanced communication satellite GSAT-5P was exploded mid-air by ISRO after it started disintegrating within a minute of its lift off Saturday.<br /><br />A huge oval shaped metal object washed ashore Monday.<br />According to Thiruvallur police, the part was taken in possession by officials from the Revenue Divisional Office in Ponneri Taluk.<br /><br />The officials at the rocket launch centre in Sriharikota, around 80 km from here, were informed about the items and a team of ISRO officials is expected to take a look at it Wednesday.<br /><br />Speaking to IANS, ISRO director S. Satish said: "We do not have any plans to mount any debris search operations."<br /><br />However, the space organisation four years back recovered the strap-on motors of another GSLV rocket that was exploded mid-air to test some parameters.<br />According to Satish, ISRO officials are poring over the telemetry data of Saturday's ill-fated rocket.<br /><br />Seventh in the GSLV series, the 51-metre tall rocket, carrying the 2.3-tonne GSAT-5P with 36 transponders, exploded barely a minute after it blasted off from the Sriharikota spaceport.<br /><br />The 2,310 kg GSAT-5P satellite was meant to serve the needs of the telecommunication sector and the weather department.<br /><br />The Rs.300 crore project was also to retire the INSAT-2E satellite, sent up in 1999.<br />"A preliminary report is expected to be announced in a day or two, post which a Failure Analysis Committee would be set up," Satish said.</p>
<p>The geosynchronous satellite launch vehicle (GSLV) carrying advanced communication satellite GSAT-5P was exploded mid-air by ISRO after it started disintegrating within a minute of its lift off Saturday.<br /><br />A huge oval shaped metal object washed ashore Monday.<br />According to Thiruvallur police, the part was taken in possession by officials from the Revenue Divisional Office in Ponneri Taluk.<br /><br />The officials at the rocket launch centre in Sriharikota, around 80 km from here, were informed about the items and a team of ISRO officials is expected to take a look at it Wednesday.<br /><br />Speaking to IANS, ISRO director S. Satish said: "We do not have any plans to mount any debris search operations."<br /><br />However, the space organisation four years back recovered the strap-on motors of another GSLV rocket that was exploded mid-air to test some parameters.<br />According to Satish, ISRO officials are poring over the telemetry data of Saturday's ill-fated rocket.<br /><br />Seventh in the GSLV series, the 51-metre tall rocket, carrying the 2.3-tonne GSAT-5P with 36 transponders, exploded barely a minute after it blasted off from the Sriharikota spaceport.<br /><br />The 2,310 kg GSAT-5P satellite was meant to serve the needs of the telecommunication sector and the weather department.<br /><br />The Rs.300 crore project was also to retire the INSAT-2E satellite, sent up in 1999.<br />"A preliminary report is expected to be announced in a day or two, post which a Failure Analysis Committee would be set up," Satish said.</p>