ISRO Launches Final SSLV-D3 Flight with EOS-08 Satellite
On Friday, ISRO successfully conducted the third and final test flight of the Small Satellite Launch Vehicle-D3 (SSLV-D3), which transported the Earth Observation Satellite EOS-08. The rocket lifted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, about 135 km east of Chennai, at 9:17 am. The mission was designed to test a small satellite and its instruments. The EOS-08 satellite, based on the Microsat/IMS-1 design, features three main tools. The Electro Optical Infrared Payload (EOIR) captures images in Mid-Wave and Long-Wave Infrared to help with disaster monitoring, environmental tracking, fire detection, and volcanic activity.