From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Satellite Launch Vehicle
Satellite Launch Vehicle
Satellite Launch Vehicle Last flight 17 April 1983
Notable payloads Rohini
First Stage
Engines 1 solid
Thrust 502.6 kilonewtons (113,000 lbf)
Specific impulse 253 sec
Burn time 49 seconds
Fuel Solid
Second Stage
Engines 1 solid
Thrust 267 kilonewtons (60,000 lbf)
Specific impulse 267 sec
Burn time 40 seconds
Fuel Solid
Satellite Launch Vehicle Third Stage
Function Small carrier rocket Engines 1 solid
Manufacturer ISRO Thrust 90.7 kilonewtons (20,400 lbf)
Country of origin India Specific impulse 277 sec
Size Burn time 45 seconds
Height 22 metres (72 ft) Fuel Solid
Diameter 1 metre (3.3 ft) Fourth Stage
Mass 17,000 kilograms (37,000 lb) Engines 1 solid
Capacity Thrust 26.83 kilonewtons (6,030 lbf)
Payload to 40 kilograms (88 lb) Specific impulse 283 sec
400km LEO
Burn time 33 seconds
Associated rockets
Fuel Solid
Derivatives ASLV, PSLV
Launch history The Indian Satellite Launch Vehicle or SLV (उपगर्ह पर्क्षेपण
यान) was a project started in the early 1970s by Indian
Status Retired
Space Research Organisation to develop the technology
Launch sites Sriharikota needed to launch satellites. The project was headed by
Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam. SLV was intended to reach a height
Total launches 4
of 400 km and carry a payload of 40 kg. It was a four stage
Successes 2 rocket with all solid-propellant motors. The first launch
of the SLV took place in Sriharikota on 10 August 1979.
Failures 1
The last launch of the SLV took place on 17 April 1983.
Partial failures 1 SLV-3 formed the basis of the next-generation ASLV.
Maiden flight 10 August 1979
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Satellite Launch Vehicle
Launch log 3 D3 31 May SDHC, Sri- 1 Rohini D-1 Partial Suc-
1981 harikota RS-1 Experi- cess, did not
Version Date of Launch Lo- Launch Payload Mission Status mental Tech- reach intend-
Launch cation Pad nology mis- ed height.
3 E1 10 Au- SDHC, Sri- 1 Rohini-1A Failure; Faulty sion, 38 kg Satellite only
gust harikota Experimental valve and orbits for 9
1979 Technology wrong assess- days, Develop
mission, 30 ment causes mental Flight
kg vehicle to
3 D4 17 SDHC, Sri- 1 Rohini D-2 Success, Deve
crash into theApril harikota RS-1 Experi- opmental
Bay of Bengal 1983 mental Tech- Flight.
(317 s after nology mis-
take off), sion, 41.5 kg
Developmental
Flight.
3 E2 18 July SDHC, Sri- 1 Rohini-1B
References
Success, Devel-
1980 harikota • http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/SPACE/space-
RS-1 Experi- opmental
mental Tech- Flight. launchers-slv.html
nology mis-
sion, 35 kg
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