SLV

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SLV

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Family: SLV. Country: India. Status: Hardware. Other Designations: Satellite Launch Vehicle.

Specifications

Launches: 4. Failures: 2. Success Rate: 50.00% pct. First Launch Date: 10 August 1979. Last Launch Date: 17 April 1983. LEO Payload: 40 kg. to: 400 km Orbit. Liftoff Thrust: 46,390 kgf. Total Mass: 17,610 kg. Core Diameter: 1.0 m. Total Length: 24.0 m. Flyaway Unit Cost $: 5.00 million. in 1985 unit dollars.

Stage Number: 1. 1 x SLV-1 Gross Mass: 10,800 kg. Empty Mass: 2,140 kg. Thrust (vac): 51,251 kgf. Isp: 253 sec. Burn time: 49 sec. Isp(sl): 229 sec. Diameter: 1.0 m. Span: 1.0 m. Length: 10.0 m. Propellants: Solid No Engines: 1. SLV-1
Stage Number: 2. 1 x SLV-2 Gross Mass: 4,900 kg. Empty Mass: 1,750 kg. Thrust (vac): 27,227 kgf. Isp: 267 sec. Burn time: 40 sec. Isp(sl): 216 sec. Diameter: 0.8 m. Span: 0.8 m. Length: 6.4 m. Propellants: Solid No Engines: 1. SLV-2
Stage Number: 3. 1 x SLV-3 Gross Mass: 1,500 kg. Empty Mass: 440 kg. Thrust (vac): 9,249 kgf. Isp: 277 sec. Burn time: 45 sec. Isp(sl): 190 sec. Diameter: 0.8 m. Span: 0.8 m. Length: 2.3 m. Propellants: Solid No Engines: 1. SLV-3
Stage Number: 4. 1 x SLV-4 Gross Mass: 360 kg. Empty Mass: 98 kg. Thrust (vac): 2,736 kgf. Isp: 283 sec. Burn time: 33 sec. Isp(sl): 60 sec. Diameter: 0.7 m. Span: 0.7 m. Length: 1.5 m. Propellants: Solid No Engines: 1. SLV-4

SLV Chronology

1979 Aug 10 - LV Configuration: SLV-3 s/n SLV-3-E1. Launch Site: Sriharikota . FAILURE: Thrust vectoring of second stage failed.

Rohini 1A Spacecraft: Rohini 1A. Payload: Rohini RS-1.

1980 Jul 18 - - 02:31 GMT. LV Configuration: SLV-3 s/n SLV-3-E2. Launch Site: Sriharikota .

Rohini RS-1 Spacecraft: Rohini. Payload: Rohini 1B. Mass: 40 kg.
Experimental-technology mission. Rohini satellite RS-1.

1981 May 31 - - 05:00 GMT. LV Configuration: SLV-3 s/n SLV-3-D3. Launch Site: Sriharikota . FAILURE: Partial Failure.

Rohini 2 Spacecraft: Rohini 2. Payload: Rohini RS-D-1.
Orbit too low.

1983 Apr 17 - - 05:44 GMT. LV Configuration: SLV-3 s/n SLV-3-D4. Launch Site: Sriharikota .

Rohini 3 Spacecraft: Rohini. Payload: Rohini RS-D-2. Mass: 42 kg.
Rohini satellite D-2. Second developmental flight of an SLV-3 launch vehicle. The Rohini satellite D-2 carried a sensor payload for conducting remote-sensing experiments and for accurate orbit and attitude determination.

Bibliography:

42 - Isakowitz, Steven J,, International Reference to Space Launch Systems Second Edition, AIAA, Washington DC, 1991.
61 - Wilson, Andrew, editor,, Jane's/Interavia Space Directory, Jane's Information Group, Coulsdon, Surrey, 1992 et al.

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