Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh), 10 February: The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) launched its new and smallest rocket (SSLV-D2) into space from the Satish Dhawan Space Center this morning. SSLV-D2 took off into space carrying three satellites. These include American company Antaris’s satellite JANUS-1, Chennai’s space startup Spacekidz’s satellite Azadi Set-2 and ISRO’s satellite EOS-07. These three satellites will be installed in circular orbit 450 kilometers away.
According to ISRO, SSLV is used to launch satellites up to 500 kg into lower orbit. It provides the facility of satellite launch at an economical cost on the basis of rocket on demand. The 34 m tall SSLV rocket has a diameter of 2 m. This rocket can fly with a total load of 120 tonnes. The first flight of this rocket failed in August last year.
