ISRO conducts ground test of SSLV third stage at Sriharikota

ISRO has carried out a successful static test of an improved version of the third stage of SSLV at the Solid Motor Static Test Facility of Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh.

- NT Correspondent

According to the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), the test was conducted on Tuesday.

The Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) is a three-stage all-solid launch vehicle developed by ISRO, which is amenable to industrial production and can meet launch-on-demand with a quick turnaround time between launches, ISRO said in a statement.

"The upper stage or third stage solid motor delivers as high as 4 km/s velocity to the launch vehicle and employs a monolithic composite motor case and a freestanding nozzle divergent to limit the stage inert mass," it added.