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Recently ,the Chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) announced that indigenous Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) will have its maiden development flight in April 2022.
- The SSLV-D1 Micro SAT will be launched in April 2022.
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- Dr S Somanath (New Chairman of ISRO ) is credited with designing and developing the SSLV during his tenure as director of the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre in Thiruvananthapuram since 2018.
- The maiden flight of the SSLV was scheduled to launch in July 2019 but that has since been delayed due to setbacks from Covid-19 and other issues.
- Nodel agency : NewSpace India Limited (NSIL) under Department of Space will be the sole nodal agency responsible for providing end to end SSLV launch services for the customer satellite .
- SSLV has been designed to meet “Launch on Demand” requirements in a cost-effective manner..
- It is a 3 stage all solid vehicle and it is the smallest vehicle at 110-ton mass at ISRO.
- It can carry satellites weighing up to 500 kg to a low earth orbit while the tried and tested PSLV can launch satellites weighing in the range of 1000 kg.
- It will take only 72 hours to integrate, unlike the 70 days taken now for a launch vehicle.
- Only six people will be required to do the job, instead of 60 people.
- The entire job will be done in a very short time and the cost will be only around Rs 30 crore. It will be an on-demand vehicle.
- SSLV is perfectly suited for launching multiple microsatellites at a time and supports multiple orbital drop-offs.
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- Aims:
- The primary aim of the project is the development of a cost-effective launch vehicle with a high launch frequency and a quick turnaround capability to cater to the growing opportunities in the global launch services market for small satellites
- To create greater synergy between the space sector and private Indian industries .
- Commercial booking and Agreements
- The SSLV received a commercial booking from US space launch services intermediary Spaceflight Inc in 2019.
- ISRO had signed six agreements with four countries for launching foreign satellites between 2021 and 2023.
- €132 million would be earned through the launch of these satellites.
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Source:IE
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