On Friday, August 16, the successful launch of the third developmental flight of a Small Satellite Launch vehicle (SSLV) from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh said by Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). The space agency chief S Somnath declared the development of SSLV completed, after successful satellite injection.
ISRO Chief Somnath Confirms ‘Everything Is Perfect’:
The small-lift launch vehicle, SSLV-D3/EOS-08 third developmental flight has been successfully completed said by ISRO chief S Somnath. Chief added that with no deviations in injection conditions, the rocket placed the spacecraft into the exact orbit as planned. “The final orbit will be known after tracking. According to current indications, everything is perfect. The SR-08 satellite as well as the EOS-08 satellite has also been injected after manoeuvres. Congratulations to the project team, the SSLV-D3 team,” Chief S Somnath said.
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The development of the SSLV, ISRO’s small-lift launch vehicle, is completed with the successful launch. Satellites weighing up to 500 kg can be carried by this rocket. It can placed in Low Earth Orbit (up to 500 km above Earth). “We can say that the SSLV development process is completed with this third developmental flight of SSLV,” the ISRO chief said. Now with support from New Space India Limited, a government-owned company Indian industries can use this rocket for future missions.
ISRO lauds by science minister:
Jitendra Singh Union Minister of State for Science and Technology praised the ISRO team for the successful launch of the SSLV-D3/EOS-08 mission. In a post on X (Twitter), Singh said: “Kudos team ISRO for the successful launch of SSLV-D3/EOS-08 Mission. With the personal intervention & patronage provided by PM Narendra Modi, Team ISRO has been able to carry one success after the other in a serial manner.”
