List of SSLV launches
The Small Satellite launch vehicle is an expendable small-lift capacity launch vehicle designed and built by ISRO.
Launch statistics[edit]
- Failure
- Partial failure
- Success
- Planned
- Decade-wise summary of SSLV launches
Decade | Successful | Partial success | Failure | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
2020s | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
List of SSLV launches[edit]
Flight No. | Date and
time (UTC) |
Rocket, configuration |
Launch site | Payload | Payload mass | Orbit | User | Launch
outcome |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
D1 | 7 August 2022 03:48 |
SSLV | First | EOS 02 AzaadiSAT[1] |
143 kg | LEO (intended)
TAO (achieved) |
ISRO | Failure |
The first developmental flight of SSLV. The mission target was a circular orbit of altitude 356.2 km with 37.2° inclination. The mission carried two satellite payloads. The 135 kg EOS 02, an Earth observation satellite and the 8 kg AzaadiSAT CubeSat.[2][3][4]
Due to sensor failure coupled with shortcomings of onboard software, the stage as well as the two satellite payloads were injected into an unstable transatmospheric Earth orbit measuring 356×76 km and subsequently destroyed upon reentry. According to S. Somanath, an anomaly lasting 2 seconds in one of the accelerometers during second stage separation initiated salvage mode by onboard computer. Guidance, navigation, and control software switched from 'closed loop guidance' where it received real-time feedback from all sensors to an 'open loop guidance' where accelerometer data gets isolated and a predetermined path is followed.[5] This resulted in velocity shortfall from the required 7.3 km/s to 7.2 km/s. Being in salvage mode, Velocity-Trimming Module didn't rectify this shortfall which led to mission failure. | ||||||||
D2 | 10 February 2023 03:48 [6][7][8] |
SSLV | First | EOS-07 Janus-1 AzaadiSAT-2 |
156.3 kg 11.5 kg 7.3 kg Total = 334 kg |
LEO | ISRO | Success |
Second developmental flight of the SSLV.[9][10][11] |
Future launches[edit]
Date / time (UTC) | Rocket, Configuration |
Launch site | Payload | Orbit | User |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
10 July 2024 | SSLV | SHAR | ISRO payload Space Rickshaw IITM Sat |
ISRO | |
Flight D3. Third developmental flight of the SSLV.[12][13] | |||||
Q3 2024 | SSLV | SHAR | TBD PARIKSHIT |
ISRO | |
Flight S1. First Serial flight of the SSLV.[13] | |||||
Q4 2024 | SSLV | SHAR | TBD Azista60° |
ISRO | |
Flight S2. [13] | |||||
2024[14] | SSLV | SHAR | BlackSky Global-5, 6, and two others | LEO | Spaceflight Industries |
Manifested on a future SSLV commercial flight, four 56 kg Blacksky Global satellites to ~500 km circular orbit with 50° inclination.[15][16] |
References[edit]
- ^ "AzaadiSAT – Space Kidz India". Retrieved 2022-07-08.
- ^ "SSLV-D1/EOS-2 Mission Brochure" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 August 2022. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
- ^ Madhumathi, D.S. (2019-08-07). "ISRO's mini launcher SSLV is unborn but has 2 flights booked". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2019-08-16.
- ^ "Department of Space, Annual Report 2020-2021" (PDF). ISRO. p. 23. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 March 2021. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
EOS-02: EOS-02 is configured around MicroSat-TD bus platform to demonstrate launch on demand capability with SSLV. It is expected to meet the ever-increasing user demands for cartographic applications, urban and rural management, coastal land use and regulation, utilities mapping, development and various other GIS application. The mission life of the satellite is 9 months.
- ^ Subramanian, T. s (2022-08-11). "ISRO chief S. Somanath interview | 'An anomaly for two seconds led to SSLV mission's underperformance'". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2022-08-11.
- ^ Kumar, Chethan (26 January 2023). "SSLV 2nd mission to carry US Sat, EOS-7; OneWeb Sats set to arrive Friday". Times of India. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
- ^ "ISRO planning to launch second development SSLV flight in Feb: S Somanath". mint. 2023-01-04. Retrieved 2023-01-04.
- ^ "Sslv Hardware Ready, Launch Likely In '23 | Bengaluru News - Times of India". The Times of India. Dec 5, 2022. Retrieved 2022-12-05.
- ^ Rajwi, Tiki (12 October 2022). "Second development flight of Small Satellite Launch Vehicle likely this year". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
- ^ "SSLV-D2/EOS-07 MISSION". www.isro.gov.in. Retrieved 2023-02-05.
- ^ "SSLV-D2/EOS-07 Mission: Second Developmental Flight of SSLV". www.isro.gov.in. Retrieved 2023-02-05.
- ^ "Loksabha Q&A" (PDF). DEPARTMENT OF SPACE. 2023-04-05.
- ^ a b c "Integrated Launch Manifesto for 2023-24 (Q4) & 2024-25". NSIL. 2024-02-08.
- ^ "SSLV | BlackSky Global 5 & 6". nextspaceflight.com. Retrieved 2023-09-06.
- ^ "Application for Earth Exploration Satellite Service by BlackSky Global, LLC" (PDF). FCC. 25 July 2019. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
Global-5 through Global-8 are currently scheduled to be launched in November 2019 on a Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) by the Indian Space Research Organization from its Satish Dhawan Space Center
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. - ^ "BlackSky Global to launch four earth observation satellites on board ISRO SSLV-D2". The Tech Outlook. 2021-02-25. Retrieved 2023-09-06.