Satellite Launch Vehicle

**Satellite Launch Vehicle**
Size
Satellite Launch Vehicle
Function	Small launch vehicle
Manufacturer	ISRO
Country of origin	India
Height	22 metres (72 ft)
Diameter	1 metre (3.3 ft)
Mass	17,000 kilograms (37,000 lb)
Capacity
Payload to 400km LEO	40 kilograms (88 lb)
Associated rockets
Derivatives	ASLV, PSLV
Launch history
Status	Retired
Launch sites	Sriharikota
Total launches	4
Successes	2
Failures	1
Partial failures	1
First flight	10 August 1979
Last flight	17 April 1983
Notable payloads	Rohini
First Stage
Engines	1 solid
Thrust	502.6 kilonewtons (113,000 lbf)
Specific impulse	253 sec
Burn time	49 seconds
Fuel	Solid
Second Stage
Engines	1 solid
Thrust	267 kilonewtons (60,000 lbf)
Specific impulse	267 sec
Burn time	40 seconds
Fuel	Solid
Third Stage
Engines	1 solid
Thrust	90.7 kilonewtons (20,400 lbf)
Specific impulse	277 sec
Burn time	45 seconds
Fuel	Solid
Fourth Stage
Engines	1 solid
Thrust	26.83 kilonewtons (6,030 lbf)
Specific impulse	283 sec
Burn time	33 seconds
Fuel	Solid

The Satellite Launch Vehicle or SLV was a project started in the early 1970s by the APJ Abdul Kalam. SLV was intended to reach a height of 400 km and carry a payload of 40 kg.^[1]The first experimental flight of SLV-3, in August 1979, was only partially successful.^[2]

It was a four-stage rocket with all solid-propellant motors.^[2]

The first launch of the SLV took place in Sriharikota on 10 August 1979. The fourth and final launch of the SLV took place on 17 April 1983.

Launch History

All four SLV launches occurred from the SLV Launch Pad at the Sriharikota High Altitude Range.

Flight	Launch date/time (UTC)	Launch pad	Payload	Payload mass	Result	Notes
E1^[3]	10 August 1979	SLV Launch Pad	Rohini Technology Payload^[4]	35 kg	Failure	Faulty valve caused vehicle to crash into the Bay of Bengal 317 seconds after launch^[5]
E2^[3]	18 July 1980 02:33^[5]	SLV Launch Pad	Rohini RS-1	35 kg	Success
D1^[3]	31 May 1981	SLV Launch Pad	Rohini RS-D1	38 kg	Failure	Placed into an unusable low orbit, decayed after 9 days^[5]
D2^[3]	17 April 1983	SLV Launch Pad	Rohini RS-D2	41.5 kg	Success

References

^ "Launch Vehicles". Department of Space, Government of India. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
^ ^a ^b "SLV". isro.gov.in. Retrieved 2015-09-05.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "SHAR Milestones". Satish Dhawan Space Center, ISRO. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
^ "Rohini Technology Payload". Retrieved 28 December 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c Subramanium, T. S. "New Horizons". Frontline. Retrieved 19 January 2014.

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Orbital launch systems

Current	Angara Antares Ariane 5 Atlas V Delta II IV Dnepr-1 Epsilon Falcon 9 v1.1 GSLV H-IIA H-IIB Kuaizhou Long March 2C 2D 2F 3A 3B 3C 4B 4C 6 11 Minotaur I IV V C Pegasus Proton-M PSLV Rokot Safir Shavit Strela Soyuz U FG 2 2-1v Unha Vega VLS-1 Zenit 2M 3SL 3SLB 3F

Planned	Ariane 6 Athena Ic IIc III Ausroc IV Falcon Heavy Falcon 9-R GSLV Mk III H3 Haas Long March 5 7 8 9 LauncherOne Naro-2 RPS (420, 550) Simorgh SLS Southern Cross Soyuz-5 SPARK Tronador Tsyklon-4 UMLV VLM Vulcan

Retired	Ariane 1 2 3 4 ASLV Athena I II Atlas B D E/F G H I II III LV-3B SLV-3 Able Agena Centaur Black Arrow Conestoga Delta A B C D E G J L M N 0100 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 III Diamant Energia Europa Falcon 1 Falcon 9 v1.0 Feng Bao 1 H-I H-II Juno I Juno II Kaituozhe-1 Kosmos 1 2I 3 3M Lambda 4S Long March 1 2A 2E 3 4A Mu 4S 3C 3H 3S 3SII V N1 N-I N-II Naro-1 Paektusan Pilot Proton UR-500 K R-7 Luna Molniya M L Polyot Soyuz L M U2 Soyuz/Vostok Sputnik Voskhod Vostok L K 2 2M Saturn I IB V INT-21 Scout Shtil' SLV Space Shuttle Sparta Start-1 Thor Able Ablestar Agena Burner Delta DSV-2U Thorad-Agena Titan II GLV IIIA IIIB IIIC IIID IIIE 34D 23G CT-3 IV Tsyklon 2 3 Vanguard Volna Zenit-2

Indian orbital launch systems

Active	GSLV PSLV GSLV Mk.III (Sub-Orbital Test Completed)

In development	Indian TSTO ULV

Retired	ASLV SLV

Proposed	Avatar RLV

Indian space programme

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)

Organisations

Programmes

Bhaskara
GAGAN
GSAT
INSAT
IRNSS
IRS
- Cartosat
RISAT
Rohini
SROSS
Chandrayaan
Human spaceflight programme
- Orbital Vehicle
- Indian Space Shuttle Programme

Spacecraft

One-off missions	APPLE Aditya Aryabhata Astrosat HAMSAT IMS-1 Megha-Tropiques NISAR SARAL SAARC Satellite SRE Kalpana-1 CARE

Planetary missions	Chandrayaan-1 Chandrayaan-2 Mars Orbiter Mission Mangalyaan 2 Venus orbiter mission

Rockets

Orbital	SLV ASLV PSLV GSLV GSLV Mk.III

Suborbital	Rohini

Concept	AVATAR RLV ULV

Under Development	Indian TSTO

Facilities

Indian Deep Space Network (IDSN)
ISRO Satellite Centre (ISAC)
ISRO Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC)
Master Control Facility (MCF)
Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC)
Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS)

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Satellite Launch Vehicle