New Indian rocket hits a snag on debut start
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India’s new rocket launched for the first time on Saturday night time (Aug. 6), and it can be however as well early to tell whether or not it acquired its wings.
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The 112-foot-tall (34 meters) Compact Satellite Launch Automobile (SSLV) lifted off from Satish Dhawan Place Centre on India’s southeastern coast on Saturday at 11:48 p.m. EDT (0348 GMT and 9:18 a.m. India Common Time on Sunday, Aug. 7) with two satellites onboard.
The rocket’s three solid-fueled phases performed properly, but its fourth and final phase, a liquid-fueled “velocity trimming module” (VTM), evidently hit a snag.
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“SSLV-D1/EOS-02 Mission: Maiden flight of SSLV is completed. All stages done as envisioned. Information loss is observed in the course of the terminal stage. It is being analysed. Will be updated shortly,” the Indian Place Analysis Organisation (ISRO) claimed through Twitter (opens in new tab) not prolonged just after liftoff. (This tweet implies that ISRO does not take into account the VTM, which is akin to the “kick phase” that Rocket Lab works by using with its Electron booster, a comprehensive-fledged stage.)
ISRO: The Indian House Research Organisation
SSLV-D1/EOS-02 Mission: Maiden flight of SSLV is concluded. All stages executed as expected. Info reduction is observed for the duration of the terminal phase. It is becoming analysed. Will be up-to-date quickly.August 7, 2022
The rocket was intended to deploy the two satellites about 13 minutes following liftoff into an orbit 221 miles (356 kilometers) higher than Earth. It is really unclear if that occurred, or if the info reduction signifies a serious issue we will have to wait for an update from ISRO to come across out.
The key payload on Saturday’s test mission was EOS-02, a 300-pound (135 kilograms) experimental Earth-observation satellite. “This microsat series satellite delivers advanced optical remote sensing operating in infrared band with substantial spatial resolution,” ISRO officials wrote in a description of Saturday’s mission (opens in new tab).
The next satellite that went up Saturday was an 18-pound (8 kg) cubesat termed AzaadiSAT. This little spacecraft was loaded with 75 different payloads, which were being designed by female college students across India to accomplish a wide range of “femto-experiments.”
“The payloads include things like a UHF-VHF transponder performing in ham radio frequency to allow voice and information transmission for amateur radio operators, a good state PIN diode-based mostly radiation counter to evaluate the ionizing radiation in its orbit, a long-array transponder and a selfie digital camera,” ISRO officials wrote in the mission description.
As its identify implies, the SSLV is designed to start reasonably tiny satellites the rocket can loft up to 1,100 lbs (500 kg) to lower Earth orbit (LEO), in accordance to ISRO officials.
When the SSLV will come thoroughly on the net, India will have three rockets in its present fleet. The two other individuals are the 144-foot-tall (44 m) Polar Satellite Start Vehicle (PSLV), which can haul up to 3,860 pounds (1,750 kg) to a sunshine-synchronous polar orbit, and the Geosynchronous Satellite Start Car (GSLV), which can consider 11,000 lbs (5,000 kg) to LEO or 5,500 pounds (2,500 kg) to the substantially larger geostationary transfer orbit.
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India’s new rocket launched for the first time on Saturday night time (Aug. 6), and it can be however as well early to tell whether or not it acquired its wings.
The 112-foot-tall (34 meters) Compact Satellite Launch Automobile (SSLV) lifted off from Satish Dhawan Place Centre on India’s southeastern coast on Saturday at 11:48 p.m. EDT (0348 GMT and 9:18 a.m. India Common Time on Sunday, Aug. 7) with two satellites onboard.
The rocket’s three solid-fueled phases performed properly, but its fourth and final phase, a liquid-fueled “velocity trimming module” (VTM), evidently hit a snag.
“SSLV-D1/EOS-02 Mission: Maiden flight of SSLV is completed. All stages done as envisioned. Information loss is observed in the course of the terminal stage. It is being analysed. Will be updated shortly,” the Indian Place Analysis Organisation (ISRO) claimed through Twitter (opens in new tab) not prolonged just after liftoff. (This tweet implies that ISRO does not take into account the VTM, which is akin to the “kick phase” that Rocket Lab works by using with its Electron booster, a comprehensive-fledged stage.)
ISRO: The Indian House Research Organisation
SSLV-D1/EOS-02 Mission: Maiden flight of SSLV is concluded. All stages executed as expected. Info reduction is observed for the duration of the terminal phase. It is becoming analysed. Will be up-to-date quickly.August 7, 2022
The rocket was intended to deploy the two satellites about 13 minutes following liftoff into an orbit 221 miles (356 kilometers) higher than Earth. It is really unclear if that occurred, or if the info reduction signifies a serious issue we will have to wait for an update from ISRO to come across out.
The key payload on Saturday’s test mission was EOS-02, a 300-pound (135 kilograms) experimental Earth-observation satellite. “This microsat series satellite delivers advanced optical remote sensing operating in infrared band with substantial spatial resolution,” ISRO officials wrote in a description of Saturday’s mission (opens in new tab).
The next satellite that went up Saturday was an 18-pound (8 kg) cubesat termed AzaadiSAT. This little spacecraft was loaded with 75 different payloads, which were being designed by female college students across India to accomplish a wide range of “femto-experiments.”
“The payloads include things like a UHF-VHF transponder performing in ham radio frequency to allow voice and information transmission for amateur radio operators, a good state PIN diode-based mostly radiation counter to evaluate the ionizing radiation in its orbit, a long-array transponder and a selfie digital camera,” ISRO officials wrote in the mission description.
As its identify implies, the SSLV is designed to start reasonably tiny satellites the rocket can loft up to 1,100 lbs (500 kg) to lower Earth orbit (LEO), in accordance to ISRO officials.
When the SSLV will come thoroughly on the net, India will have three rockets in its present fleet. The two other individuals are the 144-foot-tall (44 m) Polar Satellite Start Vehicle (PSLV), which can haul up to 3,860 pounds (1,750 kg) to a sunshine-synchronous polar orbit, and the Geosynchronous Satellite Start Car (GSLV), which can consider 11,000 lbs (5,000 kg) to LEO or 5,500 pounds (2,500 kg) to the substantially larger geostationary transfer orbit.
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