ISRO conducted flight testing Rocket

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully conducted the flight testing of its Advanced Technology Vehicle (ATV -D01) on Wednesday.

It was flight tested at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) situated in Bangaluru.

ATV-D01 is the heaviest sounding rocket ever developed by the ISRO weighing 3 tonnes at lift-off.

It carried a passive scramjet engine combustor module as a test bed for demonstration of Air- Breathing propulsion technology.During the flight,the vehicle successfully dwelled for 7 seconds in the desired conditions of Mach number (6 + 0.5) and dynamic pressure (80 + 35 kPa).

These conditions are required for a stable ignition of active scramjet engine combustor module planned in the next flight of ATV.

“The successful flight-testing is a step ahead towards the advanced technology initiative from the ISRO in the area of air-breathing propulsion,” the release said.

- Asian Tribune -