SLV

SLV-3 is India's first satellite launcher, a four-stage solid rocket developed under A. P. J. Abdul Kalam. After a failure in 1979 it places Rohini in orbit on 18 July 1980, making India the seventh country to launch a satellite on its own rocket.

Launches

4

Success rate

50%

1 failure · 1 partial

First flight

10 August 1979

Rohini 1A

Last flight

17 April 1983

Rohini RS-D-2

Builder

ISRO

Height

22 m

Diameter

1 m

Stages

4

Propellants

Solid

Payload to LEO

40 kg