The Indian space agency launched its new SSLV rocket, but its two satellite payloads were placed into an incorrect orbit and have since been destroyed.
The Indian space agency ISRO has debuted a new satellite-deploying rocket, the Small Satellite Launch Vehicle or SSLV, with a launch from Sriharikota, India on Sunday, August 7 at 09:18 am local time. The rocket launched as planned and deployed two satellites, Earth observation satellite EOS-02 and CubeSat AzaadiSAT full of payloads built by students and schoolchildren. However, these satellites were placed into an incorrect orbit and have since been destroyed.
In a video statement, S. Somanath, the chairman of the ISRO said that the SSLV’s first three stages performed nominally and that the vehicle’s overall performance was very good. When the rocket reached altitude of around 350 kilometers both satellites were separated, Somanath said, “However, we subsequently noticed an anomaly in the placement of the satellites in orbit. The satellites were placed in an elliptical orbit in place of a circular orbit.
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