MISSION NAME
SROSS-A
Status
Failure
DATE
24 MAR 1987
LAUNCH PROVIDER
Indian Space Research Organization
Launch Pad
SLV-3 Launch Pad
Description
Indian satellite used to test the ASLV booster
ASLV
Rocket Description
The Augmented Satellite Launch Vehicle or Advanced Satellite Launch Vehicle, also known as ASLV, was a Small-lift launch vehicle five-stage solid-fuel rocket developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to place 150 kg satellites into LEO. ISRO did not have sufficient funds for both the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle programme and the ASLV programme at the same time and the ASLV programme was terminated after the initial developmental flights.