UPDATE: Satellites lost on India's SSLV rocket maiden flight - See the launch

India's Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) blasted off on its maiden flight on Aug. 7, 2022. Shortly after launch, the Indian Space Research Organisation announced that there was data loss "observed during the terminal stage." Full Story: New Indian rocket hits a snag on debut launch - https://www.space.com/india-sslv-rock...

The rocket was launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre on India's southeastern coast on Saturday at 11:48 p.m. EDT (0348 GMT and 9:18 a.m. India Standard Time on Sunday, Aug. 7) with two satellites onboard.

UPDATE (Aug. 7 - 8:30am ET):  "SSLV-D1 placed the satellites into 356 km x 76 km elliptical orbit instead of 356 km circular orbit. Satellites are no longer usable,"  according to  Indian Space Research Organisation Twitter feed: https://twitter.com/isro/status/15562...

Credit: ISRO

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