ISRO’s first SSLV, carrying earth observation and student satellites, lifted off from Sriharikota spaceport on Sunday morning
ISRO’s first SSLV, carrying earth observation and student satellites, lifted off from Sriharikota spaceport on Sunday morning
ISRO’s first Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV)The Earth Observation Satellite (EOS-02) and a student-built satellite – AzadiSat – lifted off from the Sriharikota spacecraft at 9:18 a.m.
The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) said that the countdown for the launch of India’s first SSLV began at 2.26 am on Sunday. The purpose of SSLV was to place the satellites EOS-02 and AzaadiSAT in low earth orbit.
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ISRO | 12:00 PM
ISRO scientists uneasy
A jovial mood at the Mission Control Center on Sunday morning soon gave way to worry as Mr Somnath watched scientists glued to computer screens and confused before updating the mission status. There’s no official word on whether the mission was successful, as scientists analyzed data from the rocket. As of now, there is no official confirmation on the success of the mission.
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ISRO | 10:20 am
ISRO declares SSLV’s first flight ‘completed’; Data loss being analyzed
Sriharikota | 9:38 am
ISRO will assess the data loss in the mission; Location of satellites to be announced soon
ISRO chief S Somnath says that all the stages of SSLV performed as expected, but there was loss of data in the final phase of the mission. “We are analyzing the data and will come back soon on the position of the satellites as well as the performance of the vehicle”, he said.
Sriharikota | 9:18 am
SSLV departs from Sriharikota
India’s first Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV), carrying an Earth Observation Satellite (EOS-02) and a co-passenger satellite AzadiSat, takes off from the first launchpad in Sriharikota. , photo credit: R. Ragu
Sriharikota | 9:18 am
ISRO’s first SSLV carrying earth observation and student satellite blasts from Sriharikota
ISRO’s first Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV), Earth observation satellite EOS-02 and co-passenger student satellite AzadiSat carrying the satellite departed from the Satish Dawan Space Center on Sunday. The SSLV-D1/EOS-02 mission by the Indian space agency aims to gain a bigger pie in the market of small launch vehicles, as it can place satellites in low Earth orbit.
ISRO said that the SSLV can place payloads (mini, micro or nanosatellites) of up to 500 kg in a planar orbit of 500 km.
At the end of the seven-and-a-half hour countdown, the 34-metre long SSLV took off gracefully at 9.18 a.m. amid the clouds to place the satellites in the desired orbit. – PTI
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ISRO’s ‘Baby Rocket’ and its umbilical cord with Thiruvananthapuram
Thiruvananthapuram, where India’s space program took off in the 1960s, will be delighted when the Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) takes off from Sriharikota on its first developmental flight.
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What is AzadiSat?
AzadiSat is an 8U CubeSat weighing about 8 kg. It carries 75 different payloads weighing about 50 grams and carries female-uses. Guidance for manufacturing these payloads was provided to girl students from rural areas across the country. The payload has been integrated by the student team of “Space Kidz India”.
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Launch is scheduled for 9:18 am
EOS-02
What is EOS-02?
EOS-02 is an earth observation satellite designed and implemented by ISRO. This Microsat series satellite offers advanced optical remote sensing operating in the infra-red band with high spatial resolution. The bus configuration is derived from the IMS-1 bus. , ISRO (isro.gov.in/,
Sriharikota | 7.56 am
Countdown begins for ISRO’s first SSLV-D1/EOS-02 mission
The lift-off of the rocket is scheduled at 9.18 am from the first launch pad of the Satish Dhawan Space Center (SHAR) in Sriharikota, about 135 km from Chennai. About 13 minutes after launch, the rocket is expected to place EOS-02 and AzadiSat into the desired orbit.
Unlike ISRO’s trusted workhorse – the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) – the SSLV can carry payloads of up to 500 kg and deploy satellites into 500 km low Earth orbit.
It uses solid fuel – hydroxyl terminated polybutadiene – to fire the first three stages that lift the payload to the desired altitude. The fourth stage consists of a Liquid Propulsion Based Velocity Trimming Module (VTM) for placing the satellites into orbit.
The main payloads on the 34-metre-tall rocket are the Earth Observation-02 satellite and the co-passenger satellite AzadiSat, an 8-kg CubeSat designed by girl students from government schools across the country to mark the 75th anniversary of India’s independence.