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SSLV had suffered “data loss” in its terminal stage, after performing “as expected” in all stages. It had earlier lifted off from the spaceport here on Sunday morning.
After establishing itself with the successful launches of various satellites using its Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) and Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicles (GSLV), ISRO had targeted the SSLV market which places the satellites into 500-km low-earth orbit.
The EOS-02 is an experimental optical remote sensing satellite with a high spatial resolution. It is to realise and fly an experimental imaging satellite with a short turnaround time and to demonstrate launch-on-demand capability. EOS-02 belongs to the microsatellite series of spacecraft.
The AzaadiSAT is a 8U CubeSat weighing around 8 kg. It carries 75 different payloads each weighing around 50 grams. Girl students from rural regions across the country were provided guidance to build these payloads.
The payloads were integrated by the student team of Space Kidz India. The ground system developed by Space Kidz India will be utilised for receiving the data from this satellite, ISRO said.
It is not the first time for ISRO to face a setback on its maiden launch missions as PSLV — dubbed as one of the trusted workhorses for the space agency — was not successful in its first flight way back on September 20, 1993.
After its first successful launch in October 1994, PSLV emerged as the reliable and versatile launch vehicle of India with 39 consecutively successful missions by June 2017. It had successfully launched the Chandrayaan-1 in 2008 and also the Mars Orbiter Spacecraft in 2013 that later travelled to the Moon and Mars, respectively.
