Update: SSLV D1 positioned satellites into elliptical orbit as an alternative of round orbit, satellites now not usable, says ISRO. Failure of a logic to establish a sensor failure and go for salvage motion triggered the deviation: ISRO.
ISRO Chairman S Somanath on Sunday knowledgeable the area company’s maiden Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) suffered “data loss” on the terminal stage, though three phases “performed and separated,” and stated the area company was analyzing the info to determine the standing of the car and the satellites.
SSLV-D1/EOS 02 was carrying an earth commentary satellite tv for pc and a pupil satellite tv for pc.
“All stages performed as expected. The first stage performed and separated, the third stage also performed and separated, and in the terminal phase of the mission, some data loss is occurring and we are analyzing the data and we will comeback on the status of the satellites as well as the vehicle performance soon,” Somanath stated from the Mission Control Center right here, minutes after the launch car lifted off from the spaceport.
A jubilant temper within the Mission Control Center quickly made method to nervousness, earlier than Somanath up to date concerning the mission standing.
ISRO’s maiden small satellite tv for pc launch car (SSLV), carrying earth commentary satellite tv for pc EOS-02 and co-passenger college students satellite tv for pc AzaadiSAT lifted off from this spaceport on Sunday. The SSLV-D1/EOS-02 mission by the Indian area company is aimed toward garnering a bigger pie within the small launch automobiles market, as it could place the satellites into Low Earth Orbit.
The SSLV can put payloads (mini, micro or nanosatellites) weighing upto 500 kg into the five hundred km planar orbit, the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) stated.
The EOS-02 is an experimental optical distant sensing satellite tv for pc with a excessive spatial decision. Its is to grasp and fly an experimental imaging satellite tv for pc with a short-turnaround time and to display launch-on-demand functionality. EOS-02 belongs to the microsatellite collection of area crafts.
The AzaadiSAT is a 8U Cubesat weighing round 8kgs. It carries 75 totally different payloads every weighing round 50grams. Girl college students from rural areas throughout the nation had been supplied steerage to construct these payloads.
The payloads are built-in by the scholar workforce of ‘Space Kidz India’. The floor system developed by ‘Space Kidz India’ will probably be utilized for receiving the info from this satellite tv for pc, ISRO stated.
SSLV’s all phases carried out as anticipated, however suffered knowledge loss at terminal part of the mission, says ISRO Chief Somanath.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
