The Satellite Launch Vehicle was a project started in the early 1970s by the Indian Space Research Organisation to develop the technology needed to launch satellites.


Details of SLV are:

Size
Height 22 metres (72 ft)
Diameter 1 metre (3.3 ft)
Mass 17,000 kilograms (37,000 lb)

Capacity
Payload to 400km LEO 40 kilograms (88 lb)

Associated rockets
Derivatives ASLV, PSLV

Launch history
Status Retired
Launch sites Sriharikota
Total launches 4
Successes 2
Failures 1
Partial failures 1
First flight 10 August 1979
Last flight 17 April 1983
Notable payloads Rohini

First stage
Engines 1 solid
Thrust 502.6 kilonewtons (113,000 lbf)
Specific impulse 253 sec
Burn time 49 seconds
Fuel Solid

Second stage
Engines 1 solid
Thrust 267 kilonewtons (60,000 lbf)
Specific impulse 267 sec
Burn time 40 seconds
Fuel Solid

Third stage
Engines 1 solid
Thrust 90.7 kilonewtons (20,400 lbf)
Specific impulse 277 sec
Burn time 45 seconds
Fuel Solid

Fourth stage
Engines 1 solid
Thrust 26.83 kilonewtons (6,030 lbf)
Specific impulse 283 sec
Burn time 33 seconds
Fuel Solid