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.
“The 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,” Union minister Jitendra Singh said in a written reply.
“…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,” he added.
Meanwhile, the first PS0MXL motor, which forms the PS0 stage of Isro’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle-XL (PSLV-XL), produced by Nagpur-based company Economic Explosives Limited has been tested at the space agency’s 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.
“The performance is satisfactory. The Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre had transferred the technology to Economic Explosives in 2019. With today’s test, the industry’s 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,” Isro said.
The PSLV-XL is one of the variants of Isro’s workhorse launch vehicle — PSLV — which has four other variants built over the years since its first successful launch in October 1994.
“The 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,” Union minister Jitendra Singh said in a written reply.
“…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,” he added.
Meanwhile, the first PS0MXL motor, which forms the PS0 stage of Isro’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle-XL (PSLV-XL), produced by Nagpur-based company Economic Explosives Limited has been tested at the space agency’s 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.
“The performance is satisfactory. The Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre had transferred the technology to Economic Explosives in 2019. With today’s test, the industry’s 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,” Isro said.
The PSLV-XL is one of the variants of Isro’s workhorse launch vehicle — PSLV — which has four other variants built over the years since its first successful launch in October 1994.
