Satish Dhawan Space Centre SLV Launch Pad

SLV Launch Pad

Launch site	Satish Dhawan Space Centre
Operator	ISRO
Launch pad(s)	One
Launch history Status Decommissioned Launches 8 First launch 10 August 1979 Last launch 4 May 1994 Associated rockets SLV-3 ASLV

The SLV Launch Pad or the Sriharikota SLV of the Satish Dhawan Space Centre is a rocket launch site in Sriharikota, India that began operation in 1979 and was decommissioned in 1994. It was used by two launch vehicles of the ISRO: the Satellite Launch Vehicle (SLV) and the Augmented Satellite Launch Vehicle (ASLV).^[1] Initially it was built for launching SLV-3s but was later also used as an ASLV launch complex.^[2] The first launch from this pad occurred on 10 August 1979, and was that of the first experimental flight of SLV-3 carrying the Rohini Technology Payload satellite. The last flight was of ASLV on 4 May 1994 carrying SROSS-C2.^[1]

Launches

At the time of decommission, 4 SLV-3s (1 Failure, 1 Partial Failure and 2 Successes) and 4 ASLVs (2 Failures, 1 Partial Failure and 1 Successes) had been launched from here. The last launch was on 4 May 1994 of an ASLV.^[1]

References

1. "Sriharikota SLV". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
2. Brian Harvey; Henk H. F. Smid; Théo Pirard (30 January 2011). Emerging Space Powers: The New Space Programs of Asia, the Middle East and South-America. Springer. pp. 247–. ISBN 978-1-4419-0874-2.