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Indian space shuttle launch2/6/2024 ![]() The flight proceeded as planned - the first stage separation took place 128 seconds after liftoff, the second stage separation at 386 seconds and the third stage separation at 675 seconds. Live footage showed the 34-meter rocket, decorated with India’s national flag, soaring into the air. company Antaris and the 8U cubesat AzaadiSAT-2 developed by Indian students, according to an ISRO mission description. The primary payload, EOS-07, was a 156-kilogram Earth observation satellite for the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), and the two smaller spacecraft that hitched a ride were the Janus-1 6U cubesat for U.S. Eastern, from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, carrying a trio of satellites. The three-stage SSLV, capable of sending up to 500 kilograms of payload to low Earth orbit, lifted off at 10:48 p.m. Indian scientists traced an unexpectedly strong shock that took place during the separation of the second stage as the key cause of the malfunction and replaced the rocket’s stage separation system with one that produces less shock. The inaugural launch in August suffered an anomaly in the rocket’s kick stage, resulting in a velocity shortfall. It was the rocket’s second flight and first successful one. 9, in the nation’s first orbital launch this year. SEOUL, South Korea - India’s Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) put three satellites into low Earth orbit Feb.
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