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| Attribute | SSLV (Small Satellite Launch Vehicle) 🇮🇳 India Trust: Operator-primaryⓘ Last verified Active · Last updated 2026-07-26Remove × | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Company | Space One | ISRO / Hindustan Aeronautics Limited | Roscosmos / Progress Rocket Space Centre |
| Country | 🇯🇵 Japan | 🇮🇳 India | 🇷🇺 Russia |
| Status | In Development | Active | Active |
| Vehicle class | Small | Small | Medium |
| Propellant | Solid | Solid (HTPB, stages 1–3) / MMH-MON3 liquid (velocity trimming module) | RP-1 / LOX |
| Reusable | No | No | No |
| Stages | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| First flight | 2024 | 2022 | 2004 |
| Payload to LEO | — | 500 kgas of [1]500 km altitude, 35–55° inclination. 300 kg to 500 km SSO. | 8,200 kgas of [1]Soyuz-2.1b with Fregat upper stage; 2.1a variant ~7,020 kg LEO ↑ Best |
| Payload to GTO | — | — | 3,250 kgas of [1]With Fregat-M upper stage ↑ Best |
| Height | — | 34 mas of [1] | 46.3 mas of [1] ↑ Best |
| Liftoff mass | — | 120 tas of [1] | 312 tas of [1] ↑ Best |
| Success rate | 0/3 — three consecutive failuresas of [1]2024-03-13: disintegrated shortly after liftoff. 2024-12-18: began tumbling during 1st-stage burn, flight terminated. 2026-03-04: flight termination activated ~70 seconds after liftoff. All three launches flew from Spaceport Kii, Wakayama — Japan's first private-sector spaceport. Program grounded as of this research; precise payload/height/mass specs not confirmed from a primary source. | 2/3 (67%)as of [1]First flight (Aug 2022) partial failure — satellites reached a lower-than-planned orbit. Second and third flights successful. ↑ Best | 97%as of [2]~160/165 mission successes since 2004 per aggregated launch logs |
| Total flights | 3as of [1] | 3as of [1] | ~165as of [2] ↑ Best |
| Cost / kg LEO | — | ₹30–35 crore per launch (~$3.1M–$3.6M)as of [1]Total launch price, not a per-kg figure. ↓ Cheapest | — |
| Summary | A Japanese commercial solid-fuel small launcher that has failed on all three flight attempts through March 2026, putting its commercial viability in serious question. | ISRO's small-satellite launcher, designed for quick-turnaround dedicated smallsat missions. Full manufacturing, marketing and launch rights were transferred to Hindustan Aeronautics Limited in June 2025 under a technology-transfer agreement. | Russia's primary medium-lift workhorse, descended from the Soyuz family that has flown since 1966. Carries both crewed Soyuz spacecraft and Cygnus-class cargo. Fregat upper stage significantly expands mission flexibility. Production continues at Samara (now TsSKB-Progress). |
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