CHENNAI : The 59-and-a-half hour countdown for the launch of the fourth navigation satellite IRNSS-1D by PSLV-C27 on March 28 began at 0549 hrs this morning at the Satish Dhawan Space Cenre at the India’s spaceport of Sriharikota, about 100 km here.
A release from the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) here said after the Mission Readiness Review committee and the Launch Authorisation Board cleared the launch last evening, the 59 and half hour count-down started at 0549 hrs Thursday”. The launch would take place from the second Launch Pad on March 28 evening at 1719 hrs.
During the countdown, propellant filling operations would take place in the four-stage workshorse
launch vehicle of the ISRO.
“The Mono Methyl Hydrazine (MMH) propellant filling operation of fourth stage of PSLV-C27 has commenced”, the release said .
(AGENCIES)
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