ISRO says satellites launched by SSLV ‘no longer usable’: Top points to note

ISRO says satellites launched by SSLV ‘no longer usable’: Top points to note

ISRO’s Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) lifted off from the spaceport in Sriharikota at 9.18 AM. But almost immediately, something went wrong. Minutes after launch ISRO chairman S Somanath said that the SSLV D1 mission suffered “data loss” at a terminal stage. And not long after that, ISRO announced that the two satellites deployed by […]

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ISRO says satellites launched by SSLV ‘no longer usable’: Top points to note

ISRO: Satellites no longer usable as they were placed into wrong orbit

After the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) newly developed small satellite launch vehicle (SSLV) suffered some data losses in the final stage of its maiden flight Sunday morning, the space agency said that the satellites were no longer usable as the SSLV D1 placed them into the elliptical orbit instead of circular orbit. Isro chairperson […]

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