Satellite Launch Vehicle - 3 has been the stepping-stone for ISRO's march towards independent launch capability. SLV-3 was instrumental in evaluating some key technologies for future launch vehicles. By launch vehicle standards, SLV-3 is a simple system. This vehicle is the first multi-stage rocket built by ISRO. Developing the SLV-3 took almost a decade to accomplish and it has been one of ISRO's most daunting challenge till date. The SLV-3 programme gave ISRO the capability to develop more powerful boosters needed to put operational satellites into orbit.
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10 August 1979 on SLV-3-E1 from Sriharikota.
FAILURE: Thrust vectoring of second stage failed.
Spacecraft: Rohini RS-1 Mass: 40 kg.. |
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18 July 1980 on Launch Vehicle SLV-3-E2 from Sriharikota.
Spacecraft: Rohini RS-1 (Experimental-Technology Mission) Mass: 40 kg. |
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31 May 1981 on Launch Vehicle SLV-3-D1 from Sriharikota.
FAILURE: Partial Failure Orbit too low.
Spacecraft: Rohini RS-D-1. |
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17 April 1983 on Launch Vehicle SLV-3-D4 from Sriharikota.
Spacecraft: 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.
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