Last Update: February 10, 2023, 10:11 IST
ISRO’s new launch vehicle SSLV D2 successfully placed all the three satellites into orbit.
ISRO launched three small satellites carried by its SSLV-D2 launch vehicle from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota on February 10, 2023 at 09:18 AM IST.
Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) announced another successful mission. ISRO chairman S. Somnath said the three small satellites were successfully separated and placed in orbit. ISRO’s new launch vehicle SSLV D2 successfully placed all the three satellites into orbit.
ISRO launched three small satellites carried by its SSLV-D2 launch vehicle from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota on February 10, 2023 at 09:18 AM IST. The launch vehicle was carrying the EOS-07, Janus-1 and AzaadiSAT-2 satellites and was aiming to inject them into a circular orbit of 450 km. The launch took place at the first launch pad of SDSC SHAR, Sriharikota.
“Congratulations to all the 3 satellite teams for building the satellite as well as placing them in the correct orbit. We analyzed the problems encountered in SSLV-D1, identified the corrective actions and remedied them a lot to make the vehicle a success this time.” implemented at a faster pace,” ISRO S. Somnath said.
The SSLV-D2 took a flight time of 15 minutes to inject the EOS-07, Janus-1 and AzaadiSAT-2 satellites into a 450 km circular lower orbit. “It is configured with three solid propulsion stages and a velocity terminal module. It is a 34 m tall, 2 m diameter vehicle with a lift-off mass of 120 tonnes. The EOS-07 satellite weighs 156.3 kg and was launched by ISRO has been made.
ISRO said that in about 13 minutes of flight, the SSLV rocket ejected EOS-07 and was soon followed by the other two satellites Janus-1 and AzaadiSAT-2 – all at an altitude of 450 km.
With the new rocket in its portfolio, ISRO will have three rockets – Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) and its variants (cost around Rs 200 crore), Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-MkII cost around Rs 272 crore) and LVM3 434 crore) ) and SSLV (development cost of the three rockets is around Rs 56 crore each) and the production cost may be lower later.
“The new experiments include mm-wave humidity sounder and spectrum monitoring payloads. Janus-1, a 10.2 kg satellite, is from Antaris of the US. Azadisat-2, an 8.7 kg satellite, is a joint effort of about 750 girl students from around the world. India Directed by Space Kidz India, Chennai.
SSLV caters to the launch of satellites up to 500 kg into low earth orbits on a ‘launch-on-demand’ basis. According to an ISRO statement, “It provides low-cost access to space, short turn-around time and the flexibility to accommodate multiple satellites, and demands minimal launch infrastructure.”
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