ISRO planning to launch second development SSLV flight in February: S Somnath

In August 2022, ISRO An attempt was made to launch a flight development flight of the Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV), which can launch satellites up to 500 kg into planar orbit, but the attempt was unsuccessful. If the second attempt is successful next month, the space agency will launch on-demand smaller satellites in the range of 10 kg to 500 kg.

ISRO Chairman S Somnath told reporters on the sidelines of the 108th Indian Science Conference here, “I can’t tell you an exact date, but we are planning a test flight next month.” Congress,

The senior ISRO official said that on SSLV, the space agency is also planning to test the satellite-based Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) receiver system.

“The ADS-B receiver receives all the details of an aircraft. Currently, air traffic controllers receive these signals. But there are some blind spots – about 30 percent of airspace worldwide – that ATC doesn’t have access to. Now, we have developed a space-based ADS-B technology,” DK Singh, deputy director of the Advanced Technology Sector, Space Applications Centre, Ahmedabad, told news agency PTI.

The head of the space agency also talked about the outline of the upcoming projects. ISRO planning scientific missions Mars planet And Venus and Chandrayaan-3 missions are also planned this year.

He said, “Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft is almost ready. Orbiter, lander and rover. But we are waiting for the right time to launch the mission, which is in June. We will try to meet that launch window.” “

The space agency is planning to launch GSAT-20 high throughput satellite next year to facilitate in-flight connectivity for automobile services using Ka-band.

(With inputs from PTI)