Mr. Somanath said that with scucess of the SSLV-D3 ISRO has declared the development process of SSLV completed. We are on the process of transfer of the technology of the SSLV to the industry and for serial production and launch of SSLV, this is a great beginning.
The SSLV is capable of launching Mini, Micro or Nanosatellites (10 to 500kg mass) into a 500 km planar orbit. SSLV is a three-stage launch vehicle with all solid propulsion stages and a liquid propulsion-based Velocity Trimming Module (VTM) as a terminal stage.
According to ISRO, the design drivers of SSLV are low cost, low turn-around time, flexibility in accommodating multiple satellites, launch-on-demand feasibility, minimal launch infrastructure requirements, etc
