Augmented Satellite Launch Vehicle

Augmented Satellite Launch Vehicle

Augmented Satellite Launch Vehicle
Function	Small carrier rocket
Manufacturer	ISRO
Country of origin	India
Size
Height	24 metres (79 ft)
Diameter	1 metre (3.3 ft)
Mass	41,000 kilograms (90,000 lb)
Capacity
Payload to 400km LEO	150 kilograms (330 lb)
Associated rockets
Family	SLV, PSLV, GSLV
Launch history
Status	Retired
Launch sites	Sriharikota
Total launches	4
Successes	1
Failures	2
Partial failures	1
Maiden flight	24 March 1987
Last flight	4 May 1994
Notable payloads	SROSS
First Stage
Engines	2 solid
Thrust	502.6 kilonewtons (113,000 lbf) each
Specific impulse	253 sec
Burn time	49 seconds
Fuel	Solid
Second Stage
Engines	1 solid
Thrust	702.6 kilonewtons (158,000 lbf)
Specific impulse	259 sec
Burn time	45 seconds
Fuel	Solid
Third Stage
Engines	1 solid
Thrust	304 kilonewtons (68,000 lbf)
Specific impulse	276 sec
Burn time	36 seconds
Fuel	Solid
Fourth Stage
Engines	1 solid
Thrust	90.7 kilonewtons (20,400 lbf)
Specific impulse	277 sec
Burn time	45 seconds
Fuel	Solid
Fifth Stage
Engines	1 solid
Thrust	35 kilonewtons (7,900 lbf)
Specific impulse	281 sec
Burn time	33 seconds
Fuel	Solid

Augmented Satellite Launch Vehicle (ASLV) (संवर्धित उपग्रह प्रक्षेपण यान), was a 5-stage solid propellant rocket developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to place 150 kg satellites into LEO.^[1] This project was started by India during the early 1980s to develop technologies needed for a payload to be placed into a geostationary orbit.^[2] Its design was based on Satellite Launch Vehicle.^[3] ISRO did not have sufficient funds for both the PSLV programme and the ASLV programme at the same time and the ASLV programme was terminated after the initial developmental flights.^[2] The payloads of ASLV were Stretched Rohini Satellites.^[3]

Launch log

References

1. ^ http://www.isro.org/aslv.htm
2. ^ ^{a b} http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/SPACE/space-launchers-aslv.html
3. ^ ^{a b c d} http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/aslv.htm
4. ^ ^{a b} http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/heasarc/missions/sross3.html

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