Earth Observation Satellite-8 (EOS-8) was launched on Friday by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, according to Asian News International (ANI).
“The third developmental flight of SSLV (small satellite launch vehicle) was successful,” stated ISRO in a message on X. EOS-08 was placed precisely into orbit by the SSLV-D3. The SSLV Development Project of ISRO/DOS (the Department of Space) has now been successfully completed. The commercial arm of ISRO, NSIL (NewSpace India Limited), and the Indian industry will now produce SSLV for commercial missions thanks to technology transfer.
According to ISRO, the countdown to the launch, which lasted for six and a half hours, started at 02.47 am local time. This is the SSLV-D3/EOS-08 mission’s third and last developmental flight. The spacecraft is intended to be on a one-year mission.
According to an earlier ISRO release, the main goals of the EOS-08 mission are to design and develop a microsatellite, create payload instruments that are compatible with the microsatellite bus, and incorporate new technologies that will be needed for operational satellites in the future.
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