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ISRO’s SSLV-D2



ISRO successfully launched the Small Satellite Launch Vehicle from Sriharikota. 


SSLV-D2 dropped EOS-07 (ISRO), Azzadi SAT-2 (SpaceKidz India) and Janus-1 (USA) satellites respectively.


They were dropped within 15 minutes of the launch at an altitude of 450 km from the Earth.


SSLV-D2 is one of the low cost space crafts of ISRO with a payload capacity of 500kg.

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