LAUNCH CENTER
Failure
Tue Mar 24 1987
Indian Space Research Organization
SROSS-A
Launch Failure
LAUNCH PREVIEW
Launch Time
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(6:39 AM UTC)
Launch Window Start
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(6:39 AM UTC)
Launch Window End
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(6:39 AM UTC)
RECOVERY OVERVIEW
Location
No Recovery Specified
Type
No Recovery Specified
Rocket Details
Name:
ASLVDescription:
The Augmented Satellite Launch Vehicle or Advanced Satellite Launch Vehicle, also known as ASLV, was a Small-lift launch vehicle five-stage solid-fuel rocket developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to place 150 kg satellites into LEO. ISRO did not have sufficient funds for both the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle programme and the ASLV programme at the same time and the ASLV programme was terminated after the initial developmental flights.
MISSION OVERVIEW
- Type: Test Flight
- Indian satellite used to test the ASLV booster
COMPLEX OVERVIEW
Location
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Pad
Plesetsk 133/3