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Shourya missile launch successful
T.S. Subramanian
Y. Mallikarjun
Indias hypersonic missile, Shourya, was successfully test-fired from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur, Orissa, on Saturday, in its final configuration. The missile flew at 7.5 Mach, that is, 7.5 times the speed of sound and covered its full range of 700 km in 500 seconds.
This was the third successful launch of Shourya, a surface-to-surface missile and it paves the way for its production and induction into the Navy. It can carry both nuclear and conventional warheads. Shourya is the land-variant of the K-15 underwater missile that is being fitted into Indias nuclear-powered submarine, Arihant. So Shourya can be used by both the Navy and the Army. It can carry both nuclear and conventional warheads.
The missile rose from a canister fixed on the ground on the dot at 2.30 p.m., climbed to an altitude of 40 km and traversed 700 km at 7.5 times the speed of sound.
It performed a terminable manoeuvre and closed in on the pre-designated impact point in the Bay of Bengal with a high degree of accuracy. The missile was designed and developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).
Avinash Chander, Chief Controller (Missiles and Strategic Systems), DRDO, said the flight went off absolutely perfectly and it met all the mission objectives. The radars located at the ITR, Chandipur and at Damra, also in Orissa, electro-optical and telemetry systems and two ships located near the impact point tracked the missiles entire flight. They reported on the excellent performance of the missile.
It gave us full confidence for the production of this class of systems. The launch was to certify the production process and offer the missile for further production, he said.
Asked what was the altitude at which Shourya flew, Mr. Chander said it was an entirely atmospheric flight at a height of 40 km.
V.G. Sekaran, Director, Advanced Systems Laboratory (ASL), Hyderabad, called it a good flight and he was confident that the production of Shourya would go on as per plan because the missile this time was picked up from the production lot. We achieved the full range for the ground launch configuration, he said.
The ASL had developed the rocket motors for the two-stage missile and built the canister from which it took off, Dr. Sekaran said. Both the stages use solid propellants. The missile is 10 metres long, 74 cm in diameter and weighs 6.2 tonnes.
It was ejected from the canister fixed on the ground, by means of a gas generator developed by the High Energy Materials Research Laboratory, Pune and the ASL, both DRDO laboratories.
The Hindu : Sci-Tech / Science : Shourya missile launch successful
Shourya missile launch successful
T.S. Subramanian
Y. Mallikarjun
Indias hypersonic missile, Shourya, was successfully test-fired from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur, Orissa, on Saturday, in its final configuration. The missile flew at 7.5 Mach, that is, 7.5 times the speed of sound and covered its full range of 700 km in 500 seconds.
This was the third successful launch of Shourya, a surface-to-surface missile and it paves the way for its production and induction into the Navy. It can carry both nuclear and conventional warheads. Shourya is the land-variant of the K-15 underwater missile that is being fitted into Indias nuclear-powered submarine, Arihant. So Shourya can be used by both the Navy and the Army. It can carry both nuclear and conventional warheads.
The missile rose from a canister fixed on the ground on the dot at 2.30 p.m., climbed to an altitude of 40 km and traversed 700 km at 7.5 times the speed of sound.
It performed a terminable manoeuvre and closed in on the pre-designated impact point in the Bay of Bengal with a high degree of accuracy. The missile was designed and developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).
Avinash Chander, Chief Controller (Missiles and Strategic Systems), DRDO, said the flight went off absolutely perfectly and it met all the mission objectives. The radars located at the ITR, Chandipur and at Damra, also in Orissa, electro-optical and telemetry systems and two ships located near the impact point tracked the missiles entire flight. They reported on the excellent performance of the missile.
It gave us full confidence for the production of this class of systems. The launch was to certify the production process and offer the missile for further production, he said.
Asked what was the altitude at which Shourya flew, Mr. Chander said it was an entirely atmospheric flight at a height of 40 km.
V.G. Sekaran, Director, Advanced Systems Laboratory (ASL), Hyderabad, called it a good flight and he was confident that the production of Shourya would go on as per plan because the missile this time was picked up from the production lot. We achieved the full range for the ground launch configuration, he said.
The ASL had developed the rocket motors for the two-stage missile and built the canister from which it took off, Dr. Sekaran said. Both the stages use solid propellants. The missile is 10 metres long, 74 cm in diameter and weighs 6.2 tonnes.
It was ejected from the canister fixed on the ground, by means of a gas generator developed by the High Energy Materials Research Laboratory, Pune and the ASL, both DRDO laboratories.
The Hindu : Sci-Tech / Science : Shourya missile launch successful
congratz to DRDO 
