Science
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ISRO report- What Went Wrong With SSLV-D1?
India’s space research organisation ISRO has published a detailed report on why SSLV- D1 could not achieve it’s mission on Aug 7th 2022. As expected ISRO learnt it’s lessons, made “course corrections” and announced SSLV’s 2nd launch will be in Feb 2023. Here’s a brief description of what went wrong and what will be launched…
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Why PSLV C52 Launch is Significant?
Early morning ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) tweeted: “India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle PSLV-C52 injected Earth Observation Satellite EOS-04, into an intended sun synchronous polar orbit of 529 km altitude at 06:17 hours IST on February 14, 2022 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, SHAR, Sriharikota.” This is ISRO’s first launch mission this year. PSLV-C52 is…