The SSLV-D2 was the second mission of the

Small Satellite Launch Vehicle The Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) is a small-lift launch vehicle developed by ISRO with payload capacity to deliver to low Earth orbit () or to Sun-synchronous orbit () for launching small satellites, with the capability to support m ...

(SSLV). The vehicle carried three payloads: EOS–07, Antaris US Firm named as Janus-01 and

AzaadiSAT-2 AzaadiSAT was an Indian Earth observation 8U Cubesat weighing around 8 kg developed by the Space Kidz India as a test payload on the maiden launch of the Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV). It was hitching a ride with EOS-02, the primary s ...

by SpaceKidz India.

Details

ISRO The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO; ) is the national space agency of India, headquartered in Bengaluru. It operates under the Department of Space (DOS) which is directly overseen by the Prime Minister of India, while the Chairman ...

launched the

(SSLV) in Low Earth orbit, on 10th February 2023 from the first launchpad of Satish Dhawan Space Centre in

Sriharikota Sriharikota is a Barrier island off the Bay of Bengal coast located in the Shar Project settlement of Tirupati district in Andhra Pradesh, India. It houses the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, one of the two satellite launch centres in India (the o ...

. It contained three payloads having a total mass of 172.6 kg. This was the follow-up mission of

SSLV-D1 The SSLV-D1 was the first mission of the Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV). Due to a sensor fault during separation of second stage and subsequent initiation of Open Loop Guidance by onboard computer to salvage the mission, the upper stage did ...

with main objectives to demonstrate in-flight performance of SSLV vehicle systems and injection of all three satellites into 450 km low Earth orbit.

Mission statistics

* Mass: ** ''Total liftoff weight:'' ** ''Payload weight:'' * Overall height: * Propellant: ** ''Stage 1:'' Solid HTPB based ** ''Stage 2:'' Solid HTPB based ** ''Stage 3:'' Solid HTPB based ** ''Stage 4 (VTM):''

Liquid A liquid is a nearly incompressible fluid that conforms to the shape of its container but retains a (nearly) constant volume independent of pressure. As such, it is one of the four fundamental states of matter (the others being solid, gas, a ...

MMH + MON-3 * Altitude: * Inclination: 37.2° * Period: 923.6 seconds * Launch azimuth: 135°

Launch

The second SSLV development launch was carried out on 10th February, 2023 from the first launchpad of Satish Dhawan Space Centre in

References

{{Reflist ISRO space launch vehicles Small Satellite Launch Vehicle