ISRO EOS-08 Launch: Mission Successfully Completed
Sriharikota, August 16, 2024 – The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully launched the EOS-08 Earth Observation Satellite aboard the Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV)-D3 today at 9:17 AM IST. The EOS-08, designed for high-resolution imaging and equipped with advanced technologies such as EOIR, GNSS-R, and SiC UV Dosimeter, will operate in a 475 km circular low Earth orbit.
The SSLV-D3 in its third and final development flight lifted off from the first launch pad of the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at 9.17 am.
Seventeen minutes later the EOS-08 satellite was injected into 475 km circular orbit as intended.
“The third developmental flight of SSLV, the SSLV-D3 with the EOS-08 satellite has been successfully accomplished. The rocket has placed the spacecraft in a very precise orbit as planned. I find that there are no deviations in the injection conditions. The current indication is that everything is perfect,” ISRO Chairman S Somanath said after the successful launch.
Mr Somanath said that with scucess of the SSLV-D3, ISRO has declared the development process of SSLV completed.
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on August 16 launched the EOS-08 Earth Observation Satellite onboard the Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV)-D3 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota.
The satellite carries a host of new technology developments in satellite mainframe systems like an Integrated Avionics system – Communication, Baseband, Storage and Positioning (CBSP) Package, Structural panel embedded with PCB, embedded battery, Micro-DGA (Dual Gimbal Antenna), M-PAA (Phased array antenna) and Flexible solar panel & Nano star sensor etc for onboard Technology Demonstration. The satellite is slated for launch by the SSLV-D3.
Watch the successful launch and mission updates on YouTube.
For detailed mission information, visit ISRO’s EOS-08 Mission Overview
