Reasons for failure of GSLV F06 with GSAT 5P on 25th Dec 2010

( WITH UPDATED INFORMATION)

I observed the video of the launch of GSLV F06 for some time and discovered some facts associated with the failure of launch.

While observing minutely the Launch video of the GSLV F06 with GSAT 5p at 1600hrs,on 25th Dec 2010,

I observed some key details contributing to the failure of the launch.

NOTE-

FIRST IMAGE FROM TOP IS TAKEN FROM THE FRAME OF THE LAUNCH PAD

WHILE REST IMAGES OBTAINED FROM THE VIDEO SHOWS THE LAUNCH AS VIEWED FROM OPPOSITE SIDE

1*) After 47-49 to 50 seconds from launch, around 4 connectors at the first stage which carry the signals from main computer system of GSLV to components snapped off due to unknown reasons.

1**) The Heat shield of the satellite at the very top of GSLV ( blasts out suddenly )

See the VERY FIRST IMAGE FROM TOP. This was the first event in the failure.

This heat shield blast was not visible in the frame of launch taken from opposite of launch pad( i.e from viewers gallery). So I mentioned that the Boosters separated at first but actually they got burst after the heat shield.

1) At 49 seconds from Launch- A Booster got separated from the GSLV body ( As seen from the second image which is invisible to those at the launch pad side) which bend the Launch vehicle heading alignment towards Right from the normal path.

2) At 50 seconds from Launch, the dark white plume to the South of Main Body of GSLV shows confirmed UNUSUAL SEPARATION ( As seen in third image). The GSLV continued to ascent with a deviated path.

3) At 52 seconds from launch, ENTIRE path of Booster # 1 after separation with its present location is also seen

Also at this moment, there is unusual brightening at the top of the visible cloud( As explained in the fourth image)

4) At 54 seconds from launch and apx 5 seconds after separation of Booster#1, Now remaining three boosters also are clearly seen in the image. The previous explosion at 52 second separated the remaining booster from the main body of GSLV.

While the upper part of GSLV still climbs in sky ( As seen in the fifth image)

5) At 56 seconds from launch,Booster #2,3,4 are clearly seen in the picture while booster #1 goes behind the cloud

ALSO THERE IS A STRONG EXPLOSION AT THE TOP OF GSLV MAIN BODY IN THE GSAT 5P REGION.THIS MUST BE TIME WHEN RANGE SAFETY OFFICER AT ISRO PRESSED THE DESTRUCT BUTTON OF ROCKET TO AVOID IT FALLING ON LAND.

( AS SEEN FROM sixth IMAGE)

6) At 58 seconds from launch, BOOSTER #1,2,3,4 keeps ascending while there IS INCREASE IS VELOCITY OF UPPER PART OF GSLV MAIN BODY. THIS IS RELATED TO THE EXPLOSION CAUSED DUE TO DESTRUCTION COMMAND GIVEN BY ISRO

7) At 95 seconds from the launch, all the boosters start falling back on the earth while the upper part of GSLV climbs high in sky. This portion later falls down on the earth. ( See image no.8 from top)

So,

GSLV F06 failed due to

* SNAPPING OF CONNECTORS ALL OF A SUDDEN LEADING TO LOSS OF SIGNAL TO THE BOOSTERS

* THE HEAT SHIELD THEN BROKE OFF FOLLOWED BY BOOSTER SEPARATION

* TO AVOID RISK OF LAUNCH VEHICLE FALLING ON EARTH, RANGE SAFETY OFFICER PRESSED THE DESTRUCT COMMAND

( REASONS AS VERIFIED BY ISRO)

ISRO'S GSLV F06 LAUNCH CARRYING GSAT 5P FAILS

( GSLV F06 SATELLITE AFTER THE BLAST OVER SRIHARIKOTA,INDIA)

* ISRO CONFIRMS THAT AFTER T+47 SECONDS, GSLV STARTED LOSING CONTROL

Another disappointing event for all of us in India as ISRO's GSAT 5P (Weighing 2310 kg and mission cost of Rs 125 crore) satellite launch fails after 50 seconds APX from the launch

THE COUNTDOWN WENT VERY SMOOTH WITH LAUNCH AT 1604HRS. The first stage ignition performed very well but by T+47 seconds apx, the GSLV launch vehicle blasted off over Sriharikota.

The blasts happened at the first stage which is the liquid fuel burn state developed BY ISRO at the basic level AND NOT BY RUSSIAN CRYOGENIC ENGINES. SO NOT PROPER TO BLAME RUSSIAN CRYOGENIC ENGINES WHICH IS A THIRD STAGE ENGINE.

The GS1 stage burn out was targeted for 148.8 seconds from launch at altitude of 68.3km and Inertial velocity of 2.7km/sec BUT GSLV F06 BLASTED ABOUT 47 SEC.

The launch scenario is similar to what happened with Space Shuttle Challenger disaster happened on Jan 28 1986 when conditions went wrong during after the launch resulting in a blast similar to GSLV.
I bet the reason is relating to after launch period, I mean the GSLV seems to be damaged by debris during launch which caused the failure.

Another possibility is As seen from the video.It seems that one of strap on boosters failed after few seconds from launch. After that, GSLV turned left and the main engine (Stage 1) blasted off.

STILL VERY UNCLEAR FROM THESE REASONS

NOT CONFIRM. LET ISRO DO IT

2010 Lunar Eclipse begins in Europe!

The 2010 Lunar Eclipse has begun in Europe in the pre-dawn period.

As seen from this graphic generated by my sky tracking software and presently focused to Berlin in Germany,moon has made a contact with penumbra of the earth's shadow

ABOVE image is of 0631am CET

People in USA will have to wait for an hour almost from now to see the eclipse!

Live Streaming

Live streaming of this eclipse can be seen here -

http://chase.tornadovideos.net/pages/full_screen

Live streaming is from United States

Winter Solstice coupled with TOTAL LUNAR ECLIPSE on 21st Dec 2010

Spectacular two phenomena are combining on the earth on Tuesday,December 21st 2010 when Winter Solstice is happening around 0638PM EST (0508hrs,22nd Dec IST) and a TOTAL LUNAR ECLIPSE visible in North and South America on 20-21st Dec 2010.

Winter Solstice

Winter Solstice is on Dec 21 2010 at 0638PM EST(0508hrs IST,on 22nd Dec) . Winter Solstice happens when the Earth's Axial tilt is the farthest from the sun. Axial tilt or obliquity is the difference between the rotational axis and line perpendicular to orbital plane. Earth's Axial tilt at present is 23.44°. The axial tilt is al

ways constant ( minor change over a period). The axial tilt undergoes a 360° revolution around the sun. At a time on June 20 or 21 which is the SUMMER SOLSTICE , axial tilt is inclined towards the sun at angle of 23.26°

From Dec 21, length of days will start increasing ( IN Northern Hemisphere) but DEC 21-22 night period will be the LONGEST NIGHT ON THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE.

LENGTH OF NIGHT ON THAT DAY WILL BE AROUND 13HRS AND 50 MIN in Nagpur,India

Daylight time will reduce in South Pole and increase in North Pole!

Some interesting Orbital tilts of different planets!

Venus - 177.4° ( As Venus rotates from East to West direction),its Axial tilt lies in III quadrant as per Cartesian Convention where X axis is the orbital plane direction and y axis is the direction of Perpendicular line to the Orbital direction)

Moon - 6.8°

Mars- 25.19°

Saturn- 26.73°

Uranus- 97.77° ( Uranus rotates on its "equator " than its pole. If compared to earth, uranus' equator are at poles and poles are at equator

Pluto-119.61°

( ABOVE ALL VALUES ARE POSITIVE)

TOTAL LUNAR ECLIPSE

Duration (hr:mn:sc)
Totality	1:13:12
Partial	3:29:22
Penumbral	5:38:22

A total Lunar eclipse will happen on 20-21st Dec 2010.Lunar Eclipse will begin before sunrise time over Northern Europe at around 05:27:43 UTC on Tuesday (21st Dec) morning.Sunrise in London is around 0802hrs GMT

Greatest Lunar Eclipse will happen at 08:16:56 UTC and between 0241-0353 AM EST ( For USA)

People in USA will be the most lucky to see ENTIRE ECLIPSE and the TOTALITY as well.For people in South America, eclipse will be visible at Moonset ( Sunrise time) similar to people in Europe.

** SINCE ITS A WINTER PERIOD WITH FREEZING TEMPERATURE AND INTENSE SNOWFALL AT MANY PLACES LIKE NORTHERN USA, PARTS OF EUROPE, PEOPLE MUST CHECK WEATHER FORECAST BEFORE VENTURING OUT!

Places that see the lunar eclipse during the night of December 20. North and South America, the islands of the Pacific, Greenland, northwestern Europe and northwestern Africa. For the islands of the Pacific, Hawaii and Alaska, the eclipse starts at early to mid-evening. On the U.S. West Coast, the eclipse starts at late evening. As for the North American east coast and the South American west coast, the eclipse happens in the predawn hours on December 21. In northwestern Europe, northwestern Africa and the South American East Coast, the lunar eclipse is seen at or close to dawn on December 21.

Places that see the lunar eclipse tomorrow – on Tuesday evening, December 21.Northeast Asia, the Philippines, eastern Indonesia, eastern Australia and New Zealand.

Eclipse will end with a sunset in Japan and NE Asia..

Contacts
P1	05:27:43 UTC
U1	06:32:17 UTC
U2	07:40:21 UTC
Greatest	08:16:56 UTC
U3	08:53:34 UTC
U4	10:01:39 UTC
P4	11:06:04 UTC

For people in India,Eastern Africa and India's western neighbours, NO ECLIPSE will be visible as it will be day time here!!!

Timings are 10:58AM to 04:36PM IST on 21st Dec 2010 ! Winter Solstice is at 0508hrs on 22nd Dec 2010!

DON'T MISS IT IN ANY CASE

NEXT TOTAL LUNAR ECLIPSE IS ON 15TH JUNE 2011.

ITS VISIBLE IN INDIA!!!!

BEGIN 22:53HRS,15TH JUNE

GREATEST AT 0142HRS(16TH JUNE 2011)

ENDING AT 0432HRS(16TH JUNE 2011)

CREDITS- EARTHSKY.ORG

NASA- ECLIPSES

WIKIPEDIA.ORG( FOR TIMINGS)

MY LAPTOP SKY TRACKING SOFTWARE

My appointment with Prof.Jayant Narlikar at IUCAA

Very late in writing this post,

To Know who is Prof. Narlikar check this

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jayant_Narlikar

My second meet with Prof.Narlikar. The first meet was in Nagpur on 30th Jan 2010.

I was in Pune from 21st Nov - 26th Nov 2010 for some work at I2IT institute in Hinjewadi and for an appointment with Prof. Jayant Narlikar at his office in IUCAA,Pune University

I had an appointment with Prof.Narlikar on Friday,26th Nov 2010 at 12 noon. Prior to the appointment,I reached IUCAA by 1130hrs. At 1200hrs, I went to his cabin for the appointment specially focused on solving some of my theoretical questions with some doubts on my research work on "ROTATING BLACK HOLES"

The first question I asked was - "Whats the future of Dark Matter and Dark Energy?"

To the readers, Dark matter is an invisible matter found in the galaxies that has a key role in creation and evolution of galaxies as discovered by computer simulations of Galaxy formation

Dark energy is a form of energy which doesn't react with forms like electromagnetism so making it practically invisible in EM spectrum. Dark Energy is found to accelerate the universe at increasing rate.

The initial datas from WMAP satellite showed that Dark energy content in a newly formed Universe 13.7 billion years ago was more and now it has reduced.

Prof Narlikar answered that Dark matter is still a big question to solve and mathematical models keep fluctuating. He answered that according to him, amount of dark matter is constant in the universe and nothing can be said about its future. Even it has no relation with Dark energy

So one can't estimate anything about it.

Next question I asked was whether Gravitational singularity of Black hole having rotation can be avoided or not? ( Remember its the base of my ongoing research on "ROTATING BLACK HOLES TIME TRAVEL" )

Prof.Narlikar answered that process of finding black holes is still in progress but one has not found any Rotating black hole yet. for G.Singularity, its difficult to avoid it for the rotating black hole having its singularity in the form of a rotating disk. Tidal effects of black holes will break all the matter and it will ultimately fall in the singularity.

( I am still waiting for another answers from him on this aspect over a course of time)

NOTE- THE ABOVE CASE OF AVOIDING SINGULARITY IS FOR AN OBJECT WHICH HAS CROSSED THE EVENT HORIZON OF BLACK HOLE.

I asked more two questions on the formula E=Mc( square) and the STEADY STATE THEORY proposed by Hoyle-Goldi-Brown. Prof. Narlikar along with his PhD guid Sir Fred Hoyle had stated the H-N theory or Hoyle Narlikar theory which acts as a mathematical base of Steady state theory.

The 30 min appointment ended with him.I left for Pune airport to catch a flight back home that evening.

I will paste more clear and better images of this appointment later. This picture was taken by mobile camera so its not that clear

I am working on an article on "TACHYONS" or particles moving faster than light which will be published soon

Akshay Deoras

Light echo and geometry of Ellipsoid!!!

( The expansion of light echo of V838 Monocerotis Red variable star as seen by Hubble Space Telescope as taken between May 2002- Feb 2004)

Introduction-

Echo -( In acoustics ) echo is the reflection of sound waves when incident sound wave is reflected by an object. In echo, this reflected waves reach the observer sometime after main sound is heard.

Light echo- A phenomena in Astronomy when reflected light reaches observer so

metime after main light ray reaches.

Ellipsoid- A quadratic surface having Cartesian co-ordinates are

Light echo-

During a sudden burst of light or flash of light as seen during novae and supernova explosions, some part of light rays are reflected due to the interstellar dust which are found in many galaxies. For an observer situated at a distance from the source, initial direct light rays will reach first and then the reflected rays will reach giving it an echo form.

Interestingly, expansion of these light echos might appear to be at Super luminal speed ( Faster than speed of light).

Unlike sound echo which is a short lived phenomena, light echo can last for many yea

rs and is easily seen through images.

Interestingly, the image of V838 Monocerotis red variable star which is 20,000 ly from the sun shows a Light echo. In 2002,Jan 6 a sudden outburst happened in the Monocerotis constellation.

Astronomers observing the light curve of this explosion discovered light curve was similar to nova. v838 after reaching maximum Visual magnitude in February started dimming. But in March, v838 regained the luminosity and was brightening more and more reaching million times Solar luminosity ( Luminosity of sun). It was discovered that this brightening was due to the expanding layers. The expansion continued with increased speed.

After some period, the color of this outer layer turned red as Expanding gases cool down after some period.

Conclusion- It was concluded that the later light intensity was due to the light echo produced by the first explosion which was a nova. Light echo expanded 4-7 light years in just few month.

This means rate of expansion was faster than speed of light.

REASON FOR LIGHT ECHO AND THE SUPER LUMINAL VELOCITY DURING ITS EXPANSION.

When there is sudden burst of light, some light rays get reflected many times due to

In this image at right, a star shape at center can be considered as a Nova or Supernova explosion. The tiny blue sphere at bottom is the earth. The hazy material around Nova is Intergalactic dust which causes reflection of light rays.the interstellar dust present. ( I found an image on internet during studying light echo concept which I want to share)

The part of ray of light is without any reflection in case of A path. For B and C path, light rays are reflected

somewhere in the dust. For path A, observer at earth will receive the light first and directly. Light rays from B will reach next and then from C.

For anyone on the earth, all three location points ( A,B,C) appear in the sky to be at the same place.

So for observer light rays from B and C will appear to come from same location but the distance of B point is less from earth than C. So the expansion ( relative) of the Light echo will appear to be Super Luminal AS THE SPEED OF LIGHT IS CONSTANT AND SAME EVERYWHERE. SO DISTANCE TRAVELLED BY LIGHT RAYS IN A,B,C SCENARIO IS SAME.

Relation with Ellipsoid

On surface of an ellipsoid, consider any two focal points. Like in this figure, consider earth at the end of the blue line and the nova at the end of red line. The boundary of ellipse is the region of intergalactic dust. In this case, total length of blue and red line is around 10 units.If we move these pair of lines at any position on the ellipsoid, the total length of lines remain constant.

Considering the earth and the nova on this ellipsoid

light rays from the nova will have to travel same distance to reach the earth regardless their path. So after considering an ellipsoid it is clear why expanding light echo appears to be faster than speed of light.