India’s new SSLV rocket fails in first launch

[Beast]

India’s new SSLV rocket fails in first launch

India’s new SSLV rocket fails in first launch

spacenews.com

SEOUL, South Korea — The inaugural launch of India’s Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) failed to reach orbit Aug. 6 when the rocket’s kick stage malfunctioned.

The three-stage vehicle, capable of placing up to 500 kilograms of payload to a 500-kilometer low Earth orbit, lifted off at 11:48 p.m. Eastern from Satish Dhawan Space Centre’s launch pad No.1, carrying the 135-kilogram Earth observation satellite EOS-02 built by the Indian space agency ISRO and an eight-kilogram cubesat AzaadiSAT, made by Indian students........

 

[lonelyman]

India’s new SSLV rocket fails in first launch

India’s new SSLV rocket fails in first launch

spacenews.com

SEOUL, South Korea — The inaugural launch of India’s Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) failed to reach orbit Aug. 6 when the rocket’s kick stage malfunctioned.

The three-stage vehicle, capable of placing up to 500 kilograms of payload to a 500-kilometer low Earth orbit, lifted off at 11:48 p.m. Eastern from Satish Dhawan Space Centre’s launch pad No.1, carrying the 135-kilogram Earth observation satellite EOS-02 built by the Indian space agency ISRO and an eight-kilogram cubesat AzaadiSAT, made by Indian students........

Indians so proud of their ISRO, actually is a third rate mediocre organization, 2 launches per year with 50% failure rate, to this day, they need rely on Frenchie for heavier satellites

 

[qwerrty]

it's normal for first launch of brand new rocket to not go as plan