Sriharikota: ISRO knowledgeable by a publish on X that the third developmental flight of SSLV was profitable. SSLV-D3 precisely positioned EOS-08 in orbit. Posting on X, ISRO stated that this marks the profitable completion of the SSLV growth mission of ISRO/DOS.

Earlier, ISRO had stated that the countdown for the launch of the Earth remark satellite tv for pc on the third and remaining developmental flight of Small Satellite tv for pc Launch Automobile-03 has began on Friday. The SSLV-D3-EOS-08 mission has been launched after the second profitable launch of the second check flight of the Small Satellite tv for pc Launch Automobile (SSLV-D2-EOS-07) in February 2023. After the profitable launch of PSLV-C58/XpoSat in January and GSLV-F14/INSAT-3DS missions in February, at the moment’s mission is the third mission in 2024 for the Bengaluru-headquartered house company.

In an replace on Friday, ISRO stated the six-and-a-half-hour countdown earlier than the launch of the SSLV-D3-EOS-08 mission started at 2:47 am on the intervening night time of Thursday and Friday. The smallest SSLV rocket, which is about 34 metres tall, was deliberate to be launched at 9.17 am on August 15. It was later scheduled to be launched at 9.19 am on August 16 from the primary launch pad of the Satish Dhawan House Centre right here.