Successful flight of small satellite launch vehicle (sslv) by isro.

• Second developmental flight of SSW— SSLV-D2 — placed three satellites in its precise orbit. Earlier, First test flight of SSLV had marginally missed to place the satellites.
• SSLV-D2 carried:
  1. EOS-07, an Earth Observation Satellite by ISRO.
  2. Janus-1, a technology demonstrator satellite built by United States-based Antaris and its Indian partners.
  3. AzaadiSAT-2 satellite, a combined effort of about 750 girl students across India guided by Space Kidz India.
• The satellite carried the G20 logo to space and the NCC song to celebrate 75 years of the organisation.

About SSLV

• It is a 3 stage Launch Vehicle configured with three Solid Propulsion Stages and liquid propulsion based Velocity Trimming Module as a terminal stage.
• It is 2 m in diameter and 34m in length with a lift off weight of 120 tonnes.
• It is capable of launching Mini, Micro, or Nanosatellites (10 to 500 kg mass) to a 500 km orbit
• Like Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) and Geosynchronous Satellite Launch vehicle (GSLV), SSLV can accommodate multiple satellites, albeit smaller ones.
• Unlike PSLV and GSLV, SSLV can be assembled both vertically and horizontally.
• Other features: Low cost, low turn-around time, launch on demand feasibility, minimal launch infrastructure requirements etc.
• NewSpace India Limited (NSIL), under Department of Space and commercial arm of ISRO, is the sole nodal agency responsible for providing end-to-end SSLV Launch services for customer satellites.