Sriharikota (AP), Aug 7 (UNI) The maiden flight of India's Small Satellite Launch
Vehicle (SSLV-D1--developmental flight) on Sunday ran into trouble as the both
the satellites--earth observation satellite EOS-02 and AzaadiSat--carried by it
were placed in an elliptical orbit instead of circular orbit and the satellites were
no longer usable.
Hours after the mission took place from the First Launch Pad at 0918 hrs from
the SHAR Range, ISRO, in an official update, said SSLV-D1 placed the satellites
into 356 km x 76 km elliptical orbit instead of 356 km circular orbit.
"Satellites are no longer usable. Issue is reasonably identified. Failure of a logic
to identify a sensor failure and go for a salvage action caused the deviation",
ISRO said.
A committee would analyse and recommend. With the implementation of
the recommendations, ISRO will come back soon with SSLV-D2, it said.
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