Satellite_Launch_Vehicle

Satellite Launch Vehicle

Satellite Launch Vehicle

First launch vehicle of the Indian Space Research Organisation

This article is about the Indian launch vehicle. For the general term, see Satellite launch vehicle. For newer Indian small launch system, see Small Satellite Launch Vehicle.

The Satellite Launch Vehicle or SLV was a small-lift launch vehicle project started in the early 1970s by the Indian Space Research Organisation to develop the technology needed to launch satellites. SLV was intended to reach a height of 400 kilometres (250 mi) and carry a payload of 40 kg (88 lb).[2] The first experimental flight of SLV, in August 1979, was a failure.[3] The first successful launch took place on 18 July 1980.

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It was a four-stage rocket with all solid-propellant motors.[3]

The first launch of the SLV took place in Sriharikota on 10 August 1979. The fourth and final launch of the SLV took place on 17 April 1983.

It has taken approximately seven years to realise the vehicle from start. The solid motor case for first and second stage are fabricated from 15 CDV6 steel sheets and third and fourth stages from fibre reinforced plastic.[1]

Launch history

All four SLV launches occurred from the SLV Launch Pad at the Sriharikota High Altitude Range. The first two launches were experimental (E) and the next 2 were designated as developmental (D) as this was the first launch vehicle being developed by India not intended for a long service life.[4]

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Launch statistics

1
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
  •   Failure
  •   Partial failure
  •   Success
Decade-wise summary of SLV launches
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See also

References

  1. [1]
    "First Successful Launch of SLV-3 - Silver Jubilee" (PDF). ISRO. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 November 2020. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  2. [2]
    "Launch Vehicles". Department of Space, Government of India. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  3. [3]
    "SLV". isro.gov.in. Archived from the original on 29 May 2017. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
  4. [4]
    TS Subramanian. "Silver jubilee of the first successful SLV-3". Frontiline. Archived from the original on 8 February 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  5. [5]
    "Rohini Technology Payload". Archived from the original on 31 July 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2014.


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