It's been a while since we've had a launch from ISRO!

Mission info

| Scheduled for (UTC) | 2024-08-16, 03:47 | |

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| | Scheduled for (local) | 2024-08-16, 09:17 (IST) | | Launch site | First Launch Pad, Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India | | Launch Vehicle | SSLV | | Payloads | EOS-08 and Space Rickshaw-0 | | Payload mass | 175.0 kg | | Mission success criteria | Successful delivery of payloads to LEO |

Webcasts

| Stream | Link | |

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| | ISRO | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRmxoAb6vlo | Space Affairs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o12UhwZY4gQ | Spaceflight Now | | The Launch Pad | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfmC4Z9Ms9U | The Space Devs |

Stats

Sourced from NextSpaceflight:

☑️ 1st SSLV mission this year, 3rd overall

☑️ 3rd ISRO mission this year, 94th overall

Mission details

• ISRO mission page
• NextSpaceflight mission page

Earth observation micro-satellite for ISRO designed to test new technologies for building an Earth observation satellite in a micro-satellite bus. The satellite hoists an Electro-Optical Infrared Payload (EOIR) for Earth observation, a Global Navigation Satellite System-Reflectometry payload (GNSS-R) for weather studies, and an UV Dosimeter to measure UV radiation in low Earth orbit.

Other payload includes the cubesat Space Rickshaw-0.