Chennai, Feb. 25 -- The Indian space agency today said "the disengagement of at least one contacts", in each of the main and redundant paths - of the connector, resulted in the failure of India's strategic navigation satellite NVS-02.
According to the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), the Apex Committee constituted to review the failure concluded: "The committee concluded that the most likely cause for the observation is the disengagement of atleast one contacts (in each of the main and redundant paths) of the connector."The Apex Committee after thorough analysis of the simulation data concluded that the prime reason for NVS-02 not being able to be raised to its intended orbit is due to the drive signal not reaching the pyro valve...