Astra BVRAAM test video

[skysthelimit]

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=574342909329705

@Roybot @INDIC @levina @Dillinger @Indo-guy

Wouldn't it have been funny if the missile had turned around and hit the other flanker?

Onida TV coming, Padosis burning

 

[Levina]

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=574342909329705

@Roybot @INDIC @levina @Dillinger @Indo-guy

Awesome!!!

Lets not count chickens before the eggs are hatched, Astra still has a long way to go, Astra II would be highly anticipated.

Sandyyy why should we be so pessimistic???
Astra has undergone several tests successfully and has failed just one test in Chandipur (which was due to failure in the electronic system of missile).

 

[thesolar65]

Can somebody tell what would be the atmospheric temperature at that level? Minus something?

 

[Levina]

Can somebody tell what would be the atmospheric temperature at that level? Minus something?

I might sound dilettante but isnt the operational temp around -50C??

 

[trident2010]

Wouldn't it have been funny if the missile had turned around and hit the other flanker?

It would have taken the FLARE out of other Flanker !! lol

 

[MilSpec]

Awesome!!!

Sandyyy why should we be so pessimistic???
Astra has undergone several tests successfully and has failed just one test in Chandipur (which was due to failure in the electronic system of missile).

This missile a cost effective solution to RVV-AE, what we need to see is K77 Aesa styled innovation. I would also like to see an Anti Radiation version in this platform.

 

[thesolar65]

I might sound dilettante but isnt the operational temp around -50C??

Perhaps yes, But why I said that because when the Astra was tested at Chandipur (which ended in failure) the temperature at that place would be around +30 to 40C. I mean Engineers would have taken utmost precaution to design the chips to withstand wide fluctuation of temperatures.

I am also telling this because I have experienced that the telecom towers that used big BTS air conditioned rooms on roof top previously are now using smaller boxes without any A.C. And when I asked a technician he told me that previously chips were brought from Norway which required lower operating temp whereas now the chips are designed to withstand high temp.

 

[Levina]

Perhaps yes, But why I said that because when the Astra was tested at Chandipur (which ended in failure) the temperature at that place would be around +30 to 40C. I mean Engineers would have taken utmost precaution to design the chips to withstand wide fluctuation of temperatures.

I am also telling this because I have experienced that the telecom towers that used big BTS air conditioned rooms on roof top previously are now using smaller boxes without any A.C. And when I asked a technician he told me that previously chips were brought from Norway which required lower operating temp whereas now the chips are designed to withstand high temp.

As far as I know the operational temp range is -50c to 50C.??

And the Chandipur test failure was due to electronic system failure of the missile,do you mean it happened due to over heated chips???

 

[thesolar65]

As far as I know the operational temp range is -50c to 50C.??

And the Chandipur test failure was due to electronic system failure of the missile,do you mean it happened due to over heated chips???

No, No...just a wild guess.

 

[Ajaysingh]

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=574342909329705

@Roybot @INDIC @levina @Dillinger @Indo-guy

Dil Garden Garden ho gaya

 

[HRK]

India successfully tests home-grown Astra AAM

An onboard camera shows the Astra AAM missile being fired during tests over the Arabian Sea on 4 May. Source: DRDO

India successfully flight-tested its indigenous Astra air-to-air beyond-visual-range (BVR) missile from an Indian Air Force (IAF) Sukhoi Su-30MKI fighter off the Goa coast on 4 May.

The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) said in a statement that the missile test had met all its mission objectives by proving successful separation from the Su-30. The test also proved the indigenously developed data link, onboard computer, inertial navigation system, and the fibre-optic gyroscope.

"Astra's successful launch from the Su-30 combat aircraft is a major step in missile aircraft integration," said DRDO chief Avinash Chander. "Extensive flight-testing that has preceded today's air launch was indeed a joint effort of DRDO and IAF. This will be followed by a missile launch against an actual target shortly."

The DRDO began developing the Astra missile as an all-weather missile in the same class as the Denel R-Darter, Chinese LY-60/PL-11, and MBDA IRIS-T missiles. It exhibits elements of both the French-built Matra R 530D and the Russian Vympel RVV-AE/R-77 (AA-12 'Adder') designs.

Its first developmental test was in May 2003 but a decade of technical problems delayed its development.

The DRDO successfully flight-tested the Astra's avionics integration and seeker from an Su-30 in 2013 and flight-tested its propulsion system, aerodynamic performance, and main frame and flight systems modifications in January 2014.

Officials are now confident they can meet the Astra project's revised completion date of December 2016.

The Astra is a single-stage solid-propellant missile that is 3.57 m long and 178 mm in diameter, with a 154 kg launch weight and a 15 kg conventional explosive payload. It has active radar terminal guidance, electronic counter-countermeasures (ECCM), and smokeless propulsion.

The missile has been designed to be capable of engaging high-speed targets at short range (up to 20 km in tail chase mode) and long range (up to 80 km in head-on chase mode). At sea level it has a range of up to 20 km but could have a range of 44 km from an altitude of 8,000 m and 80 km if launched from an altitude of 15,000 m.

As well as equipping the IAF's Su-30 fleet, the Astra is earmarked to equip India's Dassault Mirage 2000H, Mikoyan MiG-29 'Fulcrum', and the HAL Tejas Light Combat Aircraft (LCA).

Astra Project Director S Venugopal said multiple agencies and private Indian companies had contributed to the missile's success.

"HAL [Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd] carried out the modification of the Su-30 along with IAF specialists, and many Indian industries have an important and enabling role in the production of reliable avionics, propulsion system, materials, airframe, and software," he said.

A Mk II variant of the Astra with a range of 100 km could be tested by the end of the year, he said. The DRDO previously said the Mk II would have a new dual-pulse solid rocket motor that it is claimed would more than double the missile's optimum range to 100 km.
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@sancho , @sandy_3126 or @Oscar ....

This article suggests that the current test was conducted for shorter range over the Aribian sea ...... secondly I want to know, why it has a range of 20Km in Tail Chase Mode (and 80KM in Head chase mode) ..... is it specific with this or all AAM missile exhibit the same character ...

 

[MilSpec]

This article suggests that the current test was conducted for shorter range over the Aribian sea ...... secondly I want to know, why it has a range of 20Km in Tail Chase Mode (and 80KM in Head chase mode) ..... is it specific with this or all AAM missile exhibit the same character ...

Missiles typically have a very high chance of hitting a target in a tail-chase engagement because of the much reduced closure rate. If the missile is travelling at Mach 2.5 and the aircraft at Mach 1, the combined overtake rate of Mach 1.5 means that the missile should be easily able to respond to any evasive maneuvers the aircraft might perform. Missiles can typically maneuver faster than aircraft and in a tail-chase engagement the target has no real advantage over the missile. Its only real hope is to fly away from the missile fast enough that the overtake rate is reduced to virtually nil, and then force the missile to follow it through several turns, bleeding off its residual energy and causing it to fall away.

It has the disadvantage, however, of meaning that any missiles or cannon rounds fired at the target must be able to reach and overtake it despite the speed at which the target is moving away. This greatly reduces the effective range at which these munitions can be used. Many missiles have an effective range in a tail-chase engagement on the order of one-third or one-quarter of that in a head-on engagement.This is mostly consistent with A2A and Sams.

 

[IND151]

Astra BVRAAM gears up for second test , this time will have target | idrw.org

@sandy_3126 @sancho

Isn't BVRs usually drop down from the rail then get ignited and fly? If it is not, then it can't be mounted at belly.

only wings can accomodate.

The current version as its range suggests is equivalent to -R-73 i.e a SR-AAM.

The Astra's next version with 100 KM range, will be BVR.