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EOS-08 Mission Overview

EOS-08 is ISRO’s latest Earth Observation Satellite, slated for launch by the Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV)-D3. The primary objectives of the EOS-08 mission include designing and developing a microsatellite, creating payload instruments compatible with the microsatellite bus, and incorporati...

EOS-08/Microsat-2C

Overview

Destination: Low Earth Orbit
Mission: Earth Science

Low Earth Orbit Satish Dhawan Space Centre First Launch Pad Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India

Earth observation micro-satellite for ISRO designed to test new technologies for building an Earth observation satellite in a micro-satellite bus. The satellite hoists an Electro-Optical Infrared Payload (EOIR) for Earth observation, a Global Navigation Satellite System-Reflectometry payload (GNSS-R) for weather studies, and an UV Dosimeter to measure UV radiation in low Earth orbit. Also flying is the cubesat Space Rickshaw-0.

Updates

Cosmic_Penguin • Aug. 16, 2024, 4:14 a.m.

Launch success with main satellite in contact and solar arrays deployed.


Cosmic_Penguin • Aug. 16, 2024, 4:05 a.m.

All payload deployed.


Cosmic_Penguin • Aug. 16, 2024, 3:47 a.m.

Liftoff.


LL2 • Aug. 16, 2024, 3:20 a.m.

Official Webcast by ISRO Official has started


hitura-nobad • Aug. 12, 2024, 2:53 p.m.

launch window announced


SSLV

Family:
Configuration:

Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (or SSLV) is a launch vehicle being developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) with payload capacity of 500 kg to Low Earth orbit or 300 kg to Sun synchronous orbit for launching small satellites, with the capability to support multiple orbital drop-offs.

Specifications
  • Stages
    4
  • Length
    34.0 m
  • Diameter
    2.0 m
  • Fairing Diameter
    2.0 m
  • Launch Mass
    120.0 T
  • Thrust
    ―
Family
  • Name
    SSLV
  • Family
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  • Variant
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  • Alias
    ―
  • Full Name
    SSLV
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
    ―
  • Low Earth Orbit
    500.0 kg
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
    ―
  • Direct Geostationary
    ―
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity
    300.0 kg

Indian Space Research Organization

Indian Space Research Organization

(ISRO)

Chairman: V. Narayanan Founded: 1969 Successes: 86 Failures: 15 Pending: 20

Agency Type:

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is the space agency of the Government of India headquartered in the city of Bangalore. Its vision is to "harness space technology for national development while pursuing space science research and planetary exploration."

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