SSLV | SBS-3

Government/Top Secret

Time to liftoff

Targeting March 2027

Target Window

March 2027

Exact time to be confirmed

Net Precision

Month

— Mission

SBS-3

Low Earth Orbit· LEO

Possibly prototype satellite for the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO)'s Satellite Based Surveillance-3 (SBS-3) program, which aims to provide better land and maritime domain awareness for civilian and military applications for the Indian government. The SBS-3 constellation will consist of up to 52 satellites in Low Earth and geostationary orbits. Safran Space of France will provide optical payloads for at least some of the satellites.

— Rocket

Vehicle

SSLV

Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (or SSLV) is a launch vehicle being developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) with payload capacity of 500 kg to Low Earth orbit or 300 kg to Sun synchronous orbit for launching small satellites, with the capability to support multiple orbital drop-offs.

Length: 34 m
Diameter: 2 m
Launch Mass: 120 t
LEO Capacity: 500 kg
Maiden Flight: 2022

Launches

— Launch Pad

Satish Dhawan Space Centre First Launch Pad

Satish Dhawan Space Centre

India has two launch pads at the site. The First Launch Pad, operational since 1993, is used for Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, Small Satellite Launch Vehicle and formerly used by Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle.

Latitude

13.7330°

Longitude

80.2350°

Pad Launches

Timezone

Asia/Kolkata

Satish Dhawan Space Centre First Launch Pad

Satish Dhawan Space Centre

13.733°, 80.235°

— Launch Provider

Government

Indian Space Research Organization

Est. 1969 · Chairman: V. Narayanan

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is the space agency of the Government of India headquartered in the city of Bangalore. Its vision is to "harness space technology for national development while pursuing space science research and planetary exploration."

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Total

Success

Pending