Rocket Leak Delays India’s Moon Mission to End of July or Into September

India’s Chandrayaan 2 moon mission launch was canceled because of a faulty plumbing issue in its upper stage cryogenic rocket engine.

In the next few days, they will open up the plumbing system of the cryo engine stage and check what was the reason for the drop in pressure which should be a leak.

If the problem could be fixed within a week, then they will try another launch by the end of this month. If it is not launched this month then the next launch window is in September.

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  1. ISRO has already issued a new aviation notification for a renewed launch attempt.
    Launch window is now designated as 2100-2200 (UTC) on 17 July, and 0830-1000 (UTC) on 18 to 31 July 2019.

    The new GSLV Mk-III M1 flight NOTAM is shown as follows :

    A1550/19 NOTAMN
    Q) VOMF/QWMLW/IV/BO/W/000/999/
    A) VOMF B) 1907172100 C) 1907311000
    D) BTN 2100-2200 ON 17 JUL AND BTN 0830-1000 ON 18-31 JUL
    E) GSLV- MKIII- M1 CHANDRAYAAN-2 ROCKET LAUNCH FM SHAR RANGE,
    SHRIHARIKOTA WILL TAKE PLACE AS PER FLW DETAILS. THE LAUNCH WILL BE
    ON ANY ONE OF THE DAY DRG THIS PERIOD.ACTUAL DATE OF LAUNCH WILL BE
    INTIMATED 24 HR IN ADVANCE THROUGH A SEPARATE NOTAM.
    LAUNCH PAD COORDINATES : 134312.00N 0801348.00E
    NO FLT IS PERMITTED OVER THE DNG ZONES

    DANGER ZONE -1: IS A CIRCLE OF 10 NAUTICAL MILES AROUND THE LAUNCH
    PAD.

    DANGER ZONE -2:
    I. 1230N 08240
    II. 1315N 08250
    III. 1245N 08410
    IV. 1200N 08400

    DANGER ZONE -3
    I. 1135N 08500
    II. 1225N 08510
    III. 1145N 08715
    IV. 1055N 08705

    DANGER ZONE 4
    I. 0810N 09420
    II. 0900N 09440E
    III. 0825N 09615
    IV. 0735N 09555

    https://pilotweb.nas.faa.gov

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