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SLV-3 was the first Indian satellite launch
vehicle
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India's First Indigenous Satellite Launch Vehicle
SLV-3 was India's first indigenous satellite launch
vehicle. The vehicle was launched by Indian Space Research Organisation
(ISRO) on July 18, 1980. President A P J Abdul Kalam was the Project
Director of SLV-3 The SLV-3 weighed 17 tonne and had a payload of 40 kg.
The SLV-3 put 35 kg Rohini Satellite into the orbit. The launch of SLV-3
was a historic landmark for the Indian space programme. It gave ISRO an
insight into the conceptualisation, design, development and management
of a technically complex multi-disciplinary project. With the launch of
SLV-3, India joined a select band of five nations that had this
capability. The other five countries are USSR, USA, France, China and
Japan.
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