![]() ASLV liftoff | |
Function | Small-lift launch vehicle |
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Manufacturer | ISRO |
Country of origin | India |
Size | |
Height | 23.5 m (77 ft) |
Diameter | 1 m (3 ft 3 in) |
Mass | 41,000 kg (90,000 lb) |
Capacity | |
Payload to 400 km LEO | |
Mass | 150 kg (330 lb) |
Associated rockets | |
Family | SLV, PSLV |
Launch history | |
Status | Retired |
Launch sites | Satish Dhawan Space Centre |
Total launches | 4 |
Success(es) | 1 |
Failure(s) | 2 |
Partial failure(s) | 1 |
First flight | 24 March 1987 |
Last flight | 4 May 1994 |
Type of passengers/cargo | SROSS |
First stage | |
Powered by | 2 solid |
Maximum thrust | 502.6 kN (113,000 lbf) each |
Specific impulse | 253 seconds (2.48 km/s) |
Burn time | 49 seconds |
Propellant | Solid |
Second stage | |
Powered by | 1 solid |
Maximum thrust | 702.6 kN (158,000 lbf) |
Specific impulse | 259 seconds (2.54 km/s) |
Burn time | 45 seconds |
Propellant | Solid |
Third stage | |
Powered by | 1 solid |
Maximum thrust | 304 kN (68,000 lbf) |
Specific impulse | 276 seconds (2.71 km/s) |
Burn time | 36 seconds |
Propellant | Solid |
Fourth stage | |
Powered by | 1 solid |
Maximum thrust | 90.7 kN (20,400 lbf) |
Specific impulse | 277 seconds (2.72 km/s) |
Burn time | 45 seconds |
Propellant | Solid |
Fifth stage | |
Powered by | 1 solid |
Maximum thrust | 35 kN (7,900 lbf) |
Specific impulse | 281 seconds (2.76 km/s) |
Burn time | 33 seconds |
Propellant | Solid |
The Augmented Satellite Launch Vehicle or Advanced Satellite Launch Vehicle (also known as ASLV) was a small-lift launch vehicle five-stage solid-fuel 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][3] Its design was based on Satellite Launch Vehicle.[4] ISRO did not have sufficient funds for both the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle 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.[4]