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Up production demand beyond the five
units. This five is only a test case in
which ISRO will hand-hold industry to
understand the technology and take the
whole activity forward", he said.

Beyond the five PSLV rockets, the indus-
try can fund itself, build more PSLVs, op-
erate more, and offer them commercial-
ly, it depends on the industry's capability.
However, in terms of the GSLV(GSLV
Mk2) rocket, Somanath said that ISRO
didn't consider it a commercial launcher
and that the rocket could be retired after
10 more flights.

As expected, it is the LVM3 or GSLV
Mk3 that ISRO pins most of its hope on.
Somanath said that ISRO saw higher
commercial potential in LVM3 and that
talks are underway with industries. He
said that ISRO's commercial arm
NewSpace India Limited would
industrialize it sooner.

Courtesy: Atul Tripathi via Linkedin

Image Credit: ISRO

Facts about SSLV

à Current satellite launches take about 70 days to complete the drop-off process.
However, SSLV, or Small Satellite Launch Vehicle, ensures a 72-hour integration
process to complete satellite launches.

à The Indian government has approved a total budget of Rs. 169 crores for building
the SSLV project. This development project aims to fulfil different missions. The
focus of the project is to ensure vehicle system development and qualification and
to carry out flying demonstration processes on three development flights. The
development flights include SSLV-D1, SSLV-D2 and SSLV-D3.

à This master plan is the brainchild of the new chairman of ISRO, Dr Somanath. He
began by envisioning and developing the revolutionary idea of SSLV during his

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