The ISRO Sunday said the maiden flight of newly developed Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) can be termed as a partial success, with the three solid fuel-based propulsion stages working normally but the satellites getting injected into a wrong elliptical orbit due to failure of logic to identify a sensor failure. “SSLV-D1 placed the satellites into 356 km x 76 km elliptical orbit instead of 356 km circular orbit. Failure of a logic to identify a sensor failure and go for a salvage action caused the deviation. With the implementation of the recommendations, ISRO will come back soon with SSLV-D2,” a statement from the space agency said. The lift-off from India’s only spaceport in Sriharikota at 9:18am was typical of any other launch and remained so for the first three stages of the vehicle.

Source: Indian Express August 07, 2022 15:19 UTC