Satellite GSAT-5P mission fail

Nksagar-Sagar Media Inc:Launch of GSAT-5P with 24 C-band transponders and 12 extended C-band transponders is meant for augmenting communication services currently provided by Indian National Satellite System INSAT mission failed minutes after take off fell in the sea thus total loss of Rs 125 Cr
A jolt to India's space programme on Saturday, the launch of a communication satellite aboard a homegrown vehicle failed after the rocket exploded midair minutes after the lift-off from the spaceport in Sriharikota.
Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle deviated from the original path three minutes after the liftoff from the Sriharikota space centre in the state of Andhra Pradesh in southeast India, reports the TV channel. Further report the satellite disintegrated and its pieces were submerged into the sea: India is seeking to become the sixth country to develop its own cryogenic booster sections, necessary for lifting heavy satellites to geostationary orbit. Until recently, only the United States, Russia, France, Japan and China had the technology.

The satellite, developed by ISRO Satellite Centre, Bangalore, is the fifth in the GSAT series. It has a designed mission life of 12 years meant to boost TV, telemedicine and tele-education, and telephone services has failed due to tech snag:

The launch of the satellite was originally scheduled on the 20th Dec but had to be postponed after a leak in Cryogenic engine on board the launch vehicle.(PTI) Launch of India's latest communication satellite GSAT-5P onboard homegrown GSLV-F06, powered by Russian cryogenic engine, failed today when the rocket developed a snag soon after lift-off from the spaceport here.The rocket blasted-off at around 4 pm from the second launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at the end of the 29-hour countdown but was hit by a snag in the first stage itself, ISRO sources said."The incident occurred in the first stage itself", the sources said, adding, details would be disclosed later.