A textbook launch that failed to deliver: What happened with Isro’s maiden SSLV mission
At 9:18 am on Sunday, the Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV), a three-stage rocket newly developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) roared through the cloudy morning on its way to Low Earth Orbit (LEO). The objective of the mission was to introduce a new class of launch vehicle that can deploy small,…