AzaadiSAT

AzaadiSAT
Mission typeEarth observation
OperatorISRO
Websitehttps://www.isro.gov.in/
Mission duration55 minutes
Orbits completed<1
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftCubeSat
ManufacturerSpace Kidz India
Launch mass8 kg
Start of mission
Launch date03:48 UTC, 7 August 2022
RocketSmall Satellite Launch Vehicle
Launch siteSatish Dhawan Space Centre, First launch Pad (FLP)
ContractorISRO
End of mission
Decay date7 August 2022 04:43 UTC
Orbital parameters
RegimeLow Earth (intended)
Transatmospheric (achieved)
Periapsis altitude76 km (47 mi)
Apoapsis altitude356 (221 mi)
Inclination37.2
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AzaadiSAT was an Indian Earth observation 8U Cubesat weighing around 8 kg developed by the Space Kidz India as a test payload on the maiden launch of the Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV). It was hitching a ride with EOS-02, the primary satellite of the mission. The launch on 7 August 2022 was a failure in the rocket leading to imminent return to atmosphere for the rocket and the satellites (AzaadiSAT and EOS-02) it carried, destroying them all.

Its successor AzaadiSAT-2 was launched onboard SSLV-D2.[1]

  1. ^ "SSLV-D2/EOS-07 MISSION". www.isro.gov.in. Retrieved 2023-02-09.