SRIHARIKOTA: isronewest and smallest commercial rocket, SSLVstep into the small world satellite launch services market on Friday, with the successful launch of SSLV-D2.
After failing to put the satellites into orbit during its first flight on August 7, 2022, SSLV in its second development flight, placed three satellites including EOS-07ONE Earth observation satelliteAnd Janus-1 from the American firm Antaris, on the desired trajectory.
“We have a new launch vehicle,” Isro President S Somanath said after the launch. On Friday morning, SSLV, which is 34m tall and weighs 120 tons, took off from its first launch pad at Satish Dhawan Space Center, Sriharikota. About 13 minutes after launch, the vehicle detached from EOS-07, which weighed 156.3kg, and 1.6 minutes later repelled Janus-1 weighing 10.2kg and Azaadisat-2 weighing 8.8kg led by Space Kidz India manufacture. The satellites are designed for a circular orbit of 450km.
The Isro president said the car uses a new, cost-effective navigation and navigation system. Regarding the first development flight, Somanath said, “We almost missed while trying to put the satellite into orbit due to lack of velocity. We analyzed the issues and took corrective actions to ensure the car was a success this time around.”
In the five months since SSLV’s first flight, Isro scientists have identified five new pieces of hardware, a new separation system, and made modifications to the system, said mission director Vinod SS. positioning and navigation. “With this launch, we accomplished our goal of having a low-cost vehicle with a short turnaround time to deliver on-demand launches,” he said.
Isro will transfer SSLV technology to the private sector for on-demand production. Isro is also working on a new spaceport at Kulasekarapattinam in Tamil Nadu to launch SSLV.
Somanath said the Isro teams have already begun the PSLV-C55 launch campaign scheduled for the end of March. The agency is also preparing to launch 36 satellites by UK-based OneWeb. The president said Isro will conduct a landing demonstration of its reusable launch vehicle and, later this year, will launch the Nisar satellite it has developed with Nasa.
After failing to put the satellites into orbit during its first flight on August 7, 2022, SSLV in its second development flight, placed three satellites including EOS-07ONE Earth observation satelliteAnd Janus-1 from the American firm Antaris, on the desired trajectory.
“We have a new launch vehicle,” Isro President S Somanath said after the launch. On Friday morning, SSLV, which is 34m tall and weighs 120 tons, took off from its first launch pad at Satish Dhawan Space Center, Sriharikota. About 13 minutes after launch, the vehicle detached from EOS-07, which weighed 156.3kg, and 1.6 minutes later repelled Janus-1 weighing 10.2kg and Azaadisat-2 weighing 8.8kg led by Space Kidz India manufacture. The satellites are designed for a circular orbit of 450km.
The Isro president said the car uses a new, cost-effective navigation and navigation system. Regarding the first development flight, Somanath said, “We almost missed while trying to put the satellite into orbit due to lack of velocity. We analyzed the issues and took corrective actions to ensure the car was a success this time around.”
In the five months since SSLV’s first flight, Isro scientists have identified five new pieces of hardware, a new separation system, and made modifications to the system, said mission director Vinod SS. positioning and navigation. “With this launch, we accomplished our goal of having a low-cost vehicle with a short turnaround time to deliver on-demand launches,” he said.
Isro will transfer SSLV technology to the private sector for on-demand production. Isro is also working on a new spaceport at Kulasekarapattinam in Tamil Nadu to launch SSLV.
Somanath said the Isro teams have already begun the PSLV-C55 launch campaign scheduled for the end of March. The agency is also preparing to launch 36 satellites by UK-based OneWeb. The president said Isro will conduct a landing demonstration of its reusable launch vehicle and, later this year, will launch the Nisar satellite it has developed with Nasa.
