The vehicle was launched from Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota and placed three satellites, including two co-passenger satellites — Janus-1 and AzaadiSat2 — in a 450-km circular orbit around the Earth.
ISRO’s first launch of 2023 comes months after the partial failure of the maiden flight of the launch vehicle. The mission lasted for 15 minutes.
The SSLV-D1 that flew in August last year wasn’t a success as the rocket had put the EOS-01 and AZAADISAT satellites in a wrong orbit resulting in their loss.
“Currently, we are preparing for the next launch of GSLV Mark III leading to the launch of OneWeb India 236 satellites. So we are preparing for that launch. This launch will take place around mid-March,” said ISRO chief S Somnath.
“We are also preparing parallel for the landing demonstration of the reusable launch vehicle. Currently, the teams are at the landing site at Chitradurga. We are hopeful that everything will be fine in a few days & we’ll be able to do the landing demonstration,” Somnath added.
What are the satellites?
EOS-07 is the main satellite and it weighs 156.3 kg. It is designed, developed and realised by ISRO. The co-satellites – Janus-1 weighs 10.2 kg and AzaadiSAT-2 weighs 8.7 kg. About 750 girl students across India, guided by Space Kidz India, Chennai, helped in designing the AzaadiSAT-2 co-satellite.
ISRO mission objectives
As per ISRO, the mission objectives of launching the EOS-07 satellite include design and development of payload instruments compatible with micro satellites and new technologies that are required for future operational satellites.
The second objective is to design and develop a micro satellite accommodating new technology payloads in a quick turn-around time.
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