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"Whatever needs to be done has been done," former ISRO
chairman G Madhavan Nair said, pointing to all the
qualification tests and other preparations for the flight, but
added that there is "concern" and "anxiety" ahead of the
mission.
GSLV-D3 would launch GSAT-4 experimental advanced
communication satellite by which ISRO would test some of the
new technologies, including electric propulsion system and bus
management unit.
GSAT-4, which has a lift-off weight of 2,218 kg and
targeted for a seven-year life, carries communication and
navigation payloads.
Meanwhile, ISRO hoped that the GSLV-D3, being positioned
by many as "a fitting reply to technology denial regimes and a
victory for indigenous development", would ignite more
interest in the country's space programme among students and
the youth.
The Chandrayaan-1 mission has doubled the number of
job aspirants knocking at ISRO's doors, and those wanting to
pursue space related courses going up to something like 80,000
for 200 seats at its Indian Institute of Space Science and
Technology based in Thiruvananthapuram, Nair said.
But Nair, who is among the panel of about 35 experts who
gave the go-ahead for the GSLV mission after reviews,
admitted, "No other event can compete with Chandrayaan (in
terms of generating interest)." PTI