ISRO Successfully Conducts Futuristic Rocket Test, Joins Select Club

[ito]

http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/isro-to-test-scramjet-engine-on-sunday-1451043

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully conducted scramjet engine test today at Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) in Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh around 80 km from Chennai.

The rocket took off at 6 am today.

The scramjet engine, used only during the atmospheric phase of the rocket's flight, will help in bringing down the launch cost of weather satellite INSAT-3DR by reducing the amount of oxidiser to be carried along with the fuel.

The launch of weather satellite INSAT-3DR with the geosynchronous satellite launch vehicle (GSLV-MkII) has been postponed to September, a senior official said on Saturday.


Earlier P Kunhi Krishnan, director of SDSC, had said the Indian weather satellite will be launched on August 28 which has now been postponed to September 8.

Queried about the change in launch plan Krishnan said: "While carrying out the tests there was a technical issue found with a satellite component. It has been sorted out now and hence the delay."

He said the GSLV rocket that would carry the weather satellite INSAT-3DR is fully assembled.

The weather satellite will be mounted on to the rocket in three to four days.

According to officials, the ISRO will launch ScatSat -- a weather monitoring and forecasting satellite -- with polar satellite launch vehicle (PSLV) end of next month.

The Indian satellite will be a co-passenger to an Algerian satellite.

Both the satellites will be put into different orbits. So the fourth engine of the rocket will be switched off after ejecting ScatSat first. Then after a gap of around 30 minutes, the engine will be switched on and put the Algerian satellite into its intended orbit.

 

[ThE-ShOwStOpPeR]

Congrates....

 

[Nilgiri]

http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/isro-to-test-scramjet-engine-on-sunday-1451043

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully conducted scramjet engine test today at Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) in Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh around 80 km from Chennai.

The rocket took off at 6 am today.

The scramjet engine, used only during the atmospheric phase of the rocket's flight, will help in bringing down the launch cost of weather satellite INSAT-3DR by reducing the amount of oxidiser to be carried along with the fuel.

The launch of weather satellite INSAT-3DR with the geosynchronous satellite launch vehicle (GSLV-MkII) has been postponed to September, a senior official said on Saturday.


Earlier P Kunhi Krishnan, director of SDSC, had said the Indian weather satellite will be launched on August 28 which has now been postponed to September 8.

Queried about the change in launch plan Krishnan said: "While carrying out the tests there was a technical issue found with a satellite component. It has been sorted out now and hence the delay."

He said the GSLV rocket that would carry the weather satellite INSAT-3DR is fully assembled.

The weather satellite will be mounted on to the rocket in three to four days.

According to officials, the ISRO will launch ScatSat -- a weather monitoring and forecasting satellite -- with polar satellite launch vehicle (PSLV) end of next month.

The Indian satellite will be a co-passenger to an Algerian satellite.

Both the satellites will be put into different orbits. So the fourth engine of the rocket will be switched off after ejecting ScatSat first. Then after a gap of around 30 minutes, the engine will be switched on and put the Algerian satellite into its intended orbit.

Wow thats a big news. It is a continuation of the program:

https://defence.pk/threads/scramjet...sarabhai-space-centre-s-test-facility.438456/

Material the troll above probably couldn't understand if he tried, so he sticks to recycling a cartoon without stopping to think what the impression of Pakistan would be by the same publication.

 

[Cherokee]

Congrates....

Thanks we take pride in that .

Started from here :

Now we here :

Meanwhile only thing of interest SUPARCO developed in decades was it's logo

Congratulations for this achievement .

 

[ThE-ShOwStOpPeR]

Meanwhile only thing of interest SUPARCO developed in decades was it's logo

Yes we developed it by our self not off the shelve Russian products.

 

[Cherokee]

Yes we developed it by our self not off the shelve Russian products.

All you need to develop now is a capability to construct a single statement without mistakes . Best of luck .

 

[The BrOkEn HeArT]

Congrats to all our indian members.

 

[ito]

This is great. Now we can compete in commercial launch market with SpaceX, Blue Origin. Both of them are developing similar rockets, and NASA is main technology provider to SpaceX, Blue Origin

 

[Nilgiri]

This is great. Now we can compete in commercial launch market with SpaceX, Blue Origin. Both of them are developing similar rockets, and NASA is main technology provider to SpaceX, Blue Origin

What is spaceX etc.... doing on the scramjet front? As far I've heard it is very early days even for NASA/USAF and the australian team.

 

[ito]

What is spaceX etc.... doing on the scramjet front? As far I've heard it is very early days even for NASA/USAF and the australian team.

SpaceX is further in the race. SpaceX has done considerable progress on reusable vehicles. While ISRO justed started on RLV front. SCAMJET is stopgap in reducing launch cost. Once ISRO has RLV, it will give run for money to SpaceX.

 

[Loafer]

What is more important is the self start capability of the fourth stage of the rocket. It's like centaur upper stage of NASA. Very important for deep space probes. Read on what Russians use for inter planetary probes.

 

[Nilgiri]

SpaceX is further in the race. SpaceX has done considerable progress on reusable vehicles. While ISRO justed started on RLV front. SCAMJET is stopgap in reducing launch cost. Once ISRO has RLV, it will give run for money to SpaceX.

Yes but as far as I know SpaceX resuable rocket program uses conventional rocket engines, not scramjet.

Scramjet if developed sustainably and economically by ISRO may help to leapfrog the other competitors in costs. But it will need much RnD breakthrough because there are several roadblocks everyone has run into. If ISRO has found something that truly pushes a major development in the field, this will be seen in the coming years.

So lets wait and see.

 

[Shankranthi]

Yes we developed it by our self not off the shelve Russian products.

I am pretty sure they used an American product called "Photoshop"

 

[SrNair]

Congratulations to ISRO and Indians