Mission type | Earth observation |
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Operator | ISRO |
Website | https://www.isro.gov.in/ |
Mission duration | 55 minutes |
Orbits completed | <1 |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | CubeSat |
Manufacturer | Space Kidz India |
Launch mass | 8 kg |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 03:48 UTC, 7 August 2022 |
Rocket | Small Satellite Launch Vehicle |
Launch site | Satish Dhawan Space Centre, First launch Pad (FLP) |
Contractor | ISRO |
End of mission | |
Decay date | 7 August 2022 04:43 UTC |
Orbital parameters | |
Regime | Low Earth (intended) Transatmospheric (achieved) |
Periapsis altitude | 76 km (47 mi) |
Apoapsis altitude | 356 (221 mi) |
Inclination | 37.2 |
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]