ISRO's Smallest Rocket Lifts Satellite Made By 750 Schoolgirls into Space

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• Aug 7, 2022 | Sourav Boruah

 Digital Desk: This morning, the Indian
Space Research Organization (ISRO) launched its smallest rocket from the
Sriharikota spaceport, carrying a student satellite and an earth observation
satellite.

 The Small Satellite
Launch Vehicle (SSLV), which is used to place satellites in low orbits around
the planet, was launched by ISRO for the first time on this occasion.

A satellite made by
750 schoolgirls is being launched on a small satellite launch vehicle (SSLV) in
celebration of the country's 75th birthday.

The SSLV has a vehicle diameter of two metres as opposed to
the PSLV's 2.8 metres, and is 34 metres tall, or roughly 10 metres shorter.

 While PSLV has a lift-off mass of 320 tonnes and can
transport payloads up to 1,800 kg, SSLV has a lift-off mass of 120 tonnes.

 In 1980, the nation's first satellite launch vehicle, the
-3, was launched with a payload capacity of up to 40 kg.posed to
the PSLV's 2.8 metres, and is 34 metres tall, or roughly 10 metres shorter.

 While PSLV has a lift-off mass of 320 tonnes and can
transport payloads up to 1,800 kg, SSLV has a lift-off mass of 120 tonnes.

 In 1980, the nation's first satellite launch vehicle, the
-3, was launched with a payload capacity of up to 40 kg.