Flight of Nirbhay Missile Aborted after 700 Seconds of Launch
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Ministry of Defence
16-October-2015 19:34 IST
Flight of Nirbhay Missile Aborted after 700 Seconds of Launch
Nirbhay Long Range Subsonic tactical cruise Missile was launched from Integrated Test Range. Chandipur at 11:38 hrs today.All initial critical operations such as Booster ignition, Booster separation. Wing deployment and engine start were successfully executed and Nirbhay reached the desired Cruise Altitude.
During 700 seconds of flight all the subsystems of Nirbhay cruise Missile functioned satisfactorily and met all the desired functions.
The mission was aborted after 700 seconds of flight.
Sitanshu Kar