India developing winged reusable rocket : ISRO

[Justin Joseph]

India developing winged reusable rocket : ISRO


STAFF WRITER 12:4 HRS IST
Bangalore, Mar 28 (PTI) India is developing a winged reusable rocket and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has configured a Technology Demonstrator as a first step towards realising it, the space agency said in a report.

India's space scientists have already configured a winged Reusable Launch Vehicle Technology Demonstrator (RLV-TD). This is a first step towards realising a Two Stage To Orbit (TSTO) fully re-reusable launch vehicle, according to Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).

The agency said in its latest annual report that a series of technology demonstration missions have been conceived.

"The RLV-TD will act as a flying test bed to evaluate various technologies like hypersonic flight, autonomous landing, powered cruise flight and hypersonic flight using air breathing propulsion. First in the series of demonstration trials is the hypersonic flight experiment (HEX)," it said.

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[prototype]

isro is growing day by day,hope we will very soon have our space shuttle also

 

[BJlaowai]

Great News..
ISRO: Neighbours envy... owners pride

 

[illuminatidinesh]

They r doing wonderful job.... Recently ISRO is pushing for greater military products.

 

[prototype]

They r doing wonderful job.... Recently ISRO is pushing for greater military products.

u mean spy satellites,what about asat weapons

 

[Materialistic]

ISRO: Neighbours envy... owners pride

We never bothered and even these developments hardly appear in our news Media.

 

[Justin Joseph]

We never bothered and even these developments hardly appear in our news Media.

Why are u posting one liners in every thread. If the news doesn't comes to you it doesn't mean its not happening. It also shows that your media is more interested in Zaid Hamid type of crap. And there are another neighbor also, why take everything on u.

 

[CHTYA_nandan]

We never bothered and even these developments hardly appear in our news Media.

That is why the sorry state of your space program today. I think pakistani media should encourage airing space related developments regardless if its happening by your adversary. Therby creating awareness amongst its people.

I guess if its some news of missile tests by lets say zimbabwe, maybe it would earn prominence in pakistani media. Thats what people like to hear about.

 

[illuminatidinesh]

u mean spy satellites,what about asat weapons

No I didn't think of that, but this one.....
Russia and India might establish a joint venture to produce navigation equipment for GPS and its Russian equivalent Glonass, the head of the Russian federal satellite navigation operator said.

Glonass - the Global Navigation Satellite System - is the Russian equivalent of the U.S. Global Positioning System, or GPS, and is designed for both military and civilian use. Both systems allow users to determine their positions to within a few meters.

"We are actively working on a project to establish a joint venture on Indian territory to produce various navigation equipment. In March a group of our negotiators will head there for another round of talks," said Aledxander Gurko, CEO of Navigation and Information Systems (NIS).

Russia currently has a total of 22 Glonass satellites in orbit, but only 16 of them are operational. The system requires 18 operational satellites for continuous navigation services covering the entire territory of Russia and at least 24 satellites to provide navigation services worldwide.

The Glonass navigation satellite system
is expected to start operating worldwide by the end of 2010. As soon as global operations are launched, India will be able to use the civilian signal, allowing users to determine their position to within five to 15 meters.

India's access to a more precise military signal is yet to be approved by the heads of the two states.

The Glonass navigation satellite system is expected to start operating worldwide by the end of 2010. As soon as global operations are launched, India will be able to use the civilian signal, allowing users to determine their position to within five to 15 meters.

I think Putin's Visit finalized the deal. Does any one know any official news?

 

[Dark Angel]

These are ISRO objectives for the future see launch vehicles 2010-11 onwards

 

[Choppers]

India developing winged reusable rocket : ISRO​

PTI
BANGALORE, March 28, 2010

A model of Re entry launch vehicle (RLV)on display at the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) at Thumba, on the outskirts of Thiruvananthapuram. File photo

India is developing a winged reusable rocket and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has configured a Technology Demonstrator as a first step towards realising it, the space agency said in a report.

India’s space scientists have already configured a winged Reusable Launch Vehicle Technology Demonstrator (RLV-TD). This is a first step towards realising a Two Stage To Orbit (TSTO) fully re-reusable launch vehicle, according to the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).

The agency said in its latest annual report that a series of technology demonstration missions have been conceived.

“The RLV-TD will act as a flying test bed to evaluate various technologies like hypersonic flight, autonomous landing, powered cruise flight and hypersonic flight using air breathing propulsion. First in the series of demonstration trials is the hypersonic flight experiment (HEX),” it said.

Meanwhile, for the Chandrayaan-2 mission, expected by 2012-13, ISRO has received 36 Indian payload proposals for orbiter and lander/rover.

The Scientific Advisory Board of Chandrayaan-2, a follow-on mission to Chandrayaan-1, is currently in the process of reviewing the payloads proposed for orbiter.

ISRO sources said the space agency has also received foreign proposals evincing interest to send their instruments for hosting by the Chandrayaan-2 which would be jointly developed with Russia.

It would have an Indian orbiter and mini-rover, and Russian lander and rover.

According to ISRO, the Megha-Tropiques satellite, an Indo-French joint mission for the study of the tropical atmosphere and climate related aspects, is expected to be launched later this year.

It is set to join a string of global spacecraft designated to study climate change.

“Considering the strong global demand for data from Megha-Tropiques, ISRO, CNES (French space agency) and NASA have agreed to integrate this satellite into Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) constellation of satellites,” ISRO said.

“With this, Megha-Tropiques will be one of the eight satellites contributing to the global scientific community to study and understand the dynamics of climate system,” it said.

Data from the recently-launched Oceansat-2, which carried an atmospheric sounder ‘ROSA’ from Italy apart from main payloads -- ocean colour monitor and scatterometer -- is highly sought after by international scientific community.

In this respect, a cooperative programme on sharing the data with National Aeronautics and Space Administration and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for their operational research is expected to be signed shortly, it said.

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