ISRO announces to launch new SSLV rocket from Sriharikota on August 7

Category : Science and Tech Published on: August 06 2022

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The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) announced that it is all set to launch its new rocket called the Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) on August 7 in Sriharikota.
The rocket will carry Earth Observation Satellite (EOS-02) Mission to Space.
The research organisation informed that the mission will be launched at 9:18 am IST.
The public will be allowed to witness the launch from up-close, from ISRO's Launch Viewers gallery.
The SSLV satellites is weighing less than 500 kg. The primary payload of the first demonstration flight of SSLV is an earth observation satellite MicroSat 2A.
Comparing SSLV with PSLV, one has to know that PSLV can take up to a 1,750kilogram payload into the Sun Synchronous Orbit at 600 km altitude, whereas the SSLV has been designed to launch a payload weighing 500 kg to a 500-kilometre planar orbit.