Chennai, Dec. 31 -- Indian space agency has conducted successfully a static test of an improved version of the third stage (SS3) of Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) on Tuesday at the Solid Motor Static Test Facility of Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) Sriharikota.
The SSLV, the latest rocket of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is a three stage all-solid fuel powered satellite launch vehicle with a carrying capacity of 500 kg. The upper stage or third stage solid motor delivers as high as 4 km/s velocity to the launch vehicle and employs a monolithic composite motor case and a free-standing nozzle divergent to limit the stage inert mass.
The static test validated an improved version of the SS3 stage with a Carbon-epoxy Motor...