PHOTO: TWITTER/@isroIndia’s space agency on Sunday said that the inaugural flight of a small satellite launch vehicle (SSLV) failed to place two satellites into the targeted orbit. According to the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), the SSLV lifted off from Satish Dhawan Space Centre on India’s southeastern coast on Saturday at 9:18am local time. Failure of a logic to identify a sensor failure and go for a salvage action — ISRO (@isro) August 7, 2022Earlier, the agency had said that the maiden flight of SSLV is completed. On Saturday, a day before the launch, the agency had said that SSLV-D1 mission would launch EOS-02, a 135 kg satellite, into low earth and the mission also carries AzaadiSAT satellite. Watch LIVE from 08:30 am here: https://t.co/V1Bk6GZoCF pic.twitter.com/ZTYo8NFXac — ISRO (@isro) August 7, 2022“EOS-02 is an earth observation satellite designed and realised by ISRO.

Source: The Express Tribune August 08, 2022 04:36 UTC