Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) said the two satellites on the maiden Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) (EOS-02 and co-passenger students’ satellite AzaadiSAT) were no longer usable as the SSLV-D1 placed the satellites "into 356 km x 76 km” elliptical orbit instead of 356 km circular orbit.
Both the satellites carried by SSLV during the first launch failed to reach their intended orbits. Therefore, ISRO said in a press release that the satellites will not be functional.
The rocket was launched from Sriharikota at 9:18 am. SSLV launched carrying the Earth Observation Satellite (EOS02) and Azadisat.
Although the SSLV was successfully launched, uncertainty remained as to whether the mission was successful. The problem was that the signals from the launched satellites were not received.
The reason was a technical problem with the Liquid Propulsion Based Velocity Trimming Module (VTM), which was supposed to operate during the fourth stage of the launch. Both satellites were put into orbit by solving this problem.
Azadi SAT was developed by 750 female students from rural India under the leadership of Space Kids India, a start-up. The project has been designed in such a way that the users inside and outside the country can continue to use the SSLV service in the future.
The space agency said a committee would analyse and make recommendations into today's episode and with the implementation of those recommendations "ISRO will come back soon with SSLV-D2."