The  Augmented Satellite Launch Vehicle  or  Advanced Satellite Launch Vehicle , also known as  ASLV , was a  small-lift launch vehicle  five-stage  solid-fuel rocket  developed by the  Indian Space Research Organisation  (ISRO) to place 150 kg satellites into  LEO .  This project was started by India during the early 1980s to develop technologies needed for a payload to be placed into a  geostationary orbit .  Its design was based on  Satellite Launch Vehicle .  ISRO did not have sufficient funds for both the  Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle  programme and the ASLV programme at the same time and the ASLV programme was terminated after the initial developmental flights.  The payloads of ASLV were  Stretched Rohini Satellites .                                              ...