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Some really nice photos of this on the ISRO site: http://www.isro.gov.in/gslv-mk-iii-d1-gsat-19-mission/gslv-mk-iii-d1-gsat-19-mission-gallery http://www.isro.g

Some really nice photos of this on the ISRO site: http://www.isro.gov.in/gslv-mk-iii-d1-gsat-19-mission/gslv-mk-iii-d1-gsat-19-mission-gallery http://www.isro.gov.in/gslv-mk-iii-d1-gsat-19-mission/gslv-m... Also the launch video is amazing. The moment the engines ignite the whole thing is moving most likely because those are solid rocket boosters and there's no throttle up time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ae6LVG0j1Pg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ae6LVG0j1Pg

happy-go-lucky 9y ago
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ae6LVG0j1Pg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ae6LVG0j1Pg The lift-off start position is at 3:45.
jpeg_hero 9y ago
Props to them for having old school, Apollo-style consoles in the mission control room. You loose something when you have youngsters with a bunch of Dell monitors like spaceX. I've seen twitch on the second monitor in spacex control room.
- ceejayoz 9y ago
  > You loose something when you have youngsters with a bunch of Dell monitors like spaceX. What, exactly, do you lose?
  - kinkrtyavimoodh 9y ago
    Vaguely worded nostalgia
    - slackingoff2017 9y ago
      zing
- crazystar 9y ago
  Yeah, imagine what they could do if they had dell monitors. I bet spacex wouldn't stand a chance.
swatkat 9y ago
Yes. GSLV Mk III first stage is made up of two S200 solid boosters, with 200 ton propellant in each. S200 is the third largest solid boosters in the world (after Shuttle SRB, and P230 of Ariane-5).
- dasmoth 9y ago
  If the figures at http://www.globalsecurity.org/space/systems/t4-config-5.htm http://www.globalsecurity.org/space/systems/t4-config-5.htm are correct, the Titan IVB "SRM upgrade" boosters were bigger too (over 300 tonnes of propellant)
dingo_bat 9y ago
I don't know why the video quality is so shitty. My cellphone takes better quality footage than this. I would assume they could have used a tiny portion of their multi-million $ budget for some decent cameras.

happy-go-lucky 9y ago

> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ae6LVG0j1Pg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ae6LVG0j1Pg The lift-off start position is at 3:45.

jpeg_hero 9y ago

Props to them for having old school, Apollo-style consoles in the mission control room. You loose something when you have youngsters with a bunch of Dell monitors like spaceX. I've seen twitch on the second monitor in spacex control room.

ceejayoz 9y ago
> You loose something when you have youngsters with a bunch of Dell monitors like spaceX. What, exactly, do you lose?
- kinkrtyavimoodh 9y ago
  Vaguely worded nostalgia
  - slackingoff2017 9y ago
    zing
crazystar 9y ago
Yeah, imagine what they could do if they had dell monitors. I bet spacex wouldn't stand a chance.

swatkat 9y ago

Yes. GSLV Mk III first stage is made up of two S200 solid boosters, with 200 ton propellant in each. S200 is the third largest solid boosters in the world (after Shuttle SRB, and P230 of Ariane-5).

dasmoth 9y ago
If the figures at http://www.globalsecurity.org/space/systems/t4-config-5.htm http://www.globalsecurity.org/space/systems/t4-config-5.htm are correct, the Titan IVB "SRM upgrade" boosters were bigger too (over 300 tonnes of propellant)

dingo_bat 9y ago

I don't know why the video quality is so shitty. My cellphone takes better quality footage than this. I would assume they could have used a tiny portion of their multi-million $ budget for some decent cameras.