Landing experiment of Isro’s reusable launch vehicle planned for next year, Centre tells Parliament | India News
BENGALURU: The Centre has told the Parliament that the landing experiment of Isro‘s reusable launch vehicle (RLV) is planned for early next year.
тАЬThe RLV project is under progress at Isro. The RLV technology demonstrator (RLV-TD) was successfully flight tested on May 23, 2016, from the spaceport in Sriharikota, validating the critical technologies such as autonomous navigation, guidance & control, reusable thermal protection system and re-entry mission management,тАЭ Union minister Jitendra Singh said in a written reply.
тАЬ…The next test planned under the project is the first runway landing experiment or RLV-LEX, which is scheduled early next year from the aeronautical test range in Challakere, Chitradurga,тАЭ he added.
Meanwhile, the first PS0MXL motor, which forms the PS0 stage of IsroтАЩs Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle-XL (PSLV-XL), produced by Nagpur-based company Economic Explosives Limited has been tested at the space agencyтАЩs spaceport in Sriharikota.
The PS0 or PS-zero stage refers to six strap-on motors that are around the PS1 (the first stage of the rocket) stage.
тАЬThe performance is satisfactory. The Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre had transferred the technology to Economic Explosives in 2019. With todayтАЩs test, the industryтАЩs capability to produce the PS0 stage for PSLV is established. This is the first step in the end-to-end production of PSLV through Industry,тАЭ Isro said.
The PSLV-XL is one of the variants of IsroтАЩs workhorse launch vehicle тАФ PSLV тАФ which has four other variants built over the years since its first successful launch in October 1994.
тАЬThe RLV project is under progress at Isro. The RLV technology demonstrator (RLV-TD) was successfully flight tested on May 23, 2016, from the spaceport in Sriharikota, validating the critical technologies such as autonomous navigation, guidance & control, reusable thermal protection system and re-entry mission management,тАЭ Union minister Jitendra Singh said in a written reply.
тАЬ…The next test planned under the project is the first runway landing experiment or RLV-LEX, which is scheduled early next year from the aeronautical test range in Challakere, Chitradurga,тАЭ he added.
Meanwhile, the first PS0MXL motor, which forms the PS0 stage of IsroтАЩs Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle-XL (PSLV-XL), produced by Nagpur-based company Economic Explosives Limited has been tested at the space agencyтАЩs spaceport in Sriharikota.
The PS0 or PS-zero stage refers to six strap-on motors that are around the PS1 (the first stage of the rocket) stage.
тАЬThe performance is satisfactory. The Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre had transferred the technology to Economic Explosives in 2019. With todayтАЩs test, the industryтАЩs capability to produce the PS0 stage for PSLV is established. This is the first step in the end-to-end production of PSLV through Industry,тАЭ Isro said.
The PSLV-XL is one of the variants of IsroтАЩs workhorse launch vehicle тАФ PSLV тАФ which has four other variants built over the years since its first successful launch in October 1994.
