LAUNCH CENTER

Launch Image
Success
Wed May 20 1992
Indian Space Research Organization

SROSS-C

Launch Successful
LAUNCH PREVIEW

Launch Time

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(12:30 AM UTC)

Launch Window Start

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(12:30 AM UTC)

Launch Window End

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(12:30 AM UTC)

RECOVERY OVERVIEW

Location

No Recovery Specified

Type

No Recovery Specified

Rocket Details

Name:

ASLV

Description:

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.

ASLV rocket
MISSION OVERVIEW
  • Type: Earth Science
  • SROSS C and C2 (Stretched Rohini Satellite Series) were the third and fourth satellites in ISRO's SROSS series and to perform experiments on Gamma-ray astronomy and ionospheric science.
COMPLEX OVERVIEW

Location

Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Pad

Plesetsk 133/3