ISRO conducts floor testing of strong booster stage for SSLV

By PTI

BENGALURU: The floor testing of the newly-developed strong booster stage (SS1) for the brand new launch automobile of ISRO — Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) — was carried out on Monday at Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Andhra Pradesh’s Sriharikota.

All the propulsion parameters throughout the check are discovered passable and carefully matching with the predictions, the Bengaluru-headquartered ISRO mentioned in a press release.

SS1 motor is a three-segmented strong propulsion stage incorporating many new applied sciences and progressive processes that features bond-free joint between the segments, high-power electro mechanical actuator with digital management electronics, optimised ignitor and simultaneous propellant casting of all segments, which have been efficiently validated within the floor check, in response to ISRO.

“The successful test of solid booster stage has given sufficient confidence to proceed with the first developmental flight of SSLV (SSLV-D1) which is scheduled in May 2022. The remaining stages of SSLV — SS2 & SS3 stages — have successfully undergone necessary ground tests and are ready for integration,” the assertion mentioned.