First pic of RLV-TD : Reusable Launch Vehicle to take off next week

[Kal Muah]

Looks like a third grade science project...

In every thread you are trolling posting one liners. I dont know how mods are allowing this. Post reported

 

[lover]

good but looking small

 

[SR-91]

They'll have to crash it in sea as it would need a 4-5 km long runway to land which they lack near testing site.....ISRO is planning to build a 4-5 km long runway near sri harikota though...(only in future)

Didn't know they actually need that long of a runway. Good info thx.
Landing experiment is the next stage, hope they don't take too much time. Hoping for a perfect launch.
Best of luck ISRO.

 

[django]

Kudos to the folks at ISRO.

 

[Pandemonium]

Very impressive. ISRO and India's space program has come a long way since its humble beginnings. The RLV-TD will make India the fourth nation to test such a concept.

Will the vehicle have its own power for its ascent, or is it provided by the booster?

Wasnt china working on a similar programme ?

 

[Akasa]

Wasnt china working on a similar programme ?

Correct; the Project 921-3, or the Divine Dragon.

It completed drop tests in 2007 and a suborbital flight in 2011, but no news has come of it since.

 

[Pandemonium]

Correct; the Project 921-3, or the Divine Dragon.

It completed drop tests in 2007 and a suborbital flight in 2011, but no news has come of it since.

Ok maybe they are concentrating more on other programmes like the space station i guess . Goodluck to u guys

 

[Skull and Bones]

Sorry for dumb question but what is the use of it ? I dont know much about defence and science so just want to know how is it going to serve India.

Bring down the cost of satellite launch by 90%, pave way for human space flight, and sub orbital military reconnaissance.

 

[Akasa]

Ok maybe they are concentrating more on other programmes like the space station i guess . Goodluck to u guys

A two-stage-to-orbit vehicle is (and should be) a major focus for any manned program, including space stations. It dramatically mitigates the cost of both manned and unmanned missions alike. Hence, in this sense, I believe that the Chinese are continuing with this project, possibly by merging it with concurrent launch vehicle programs.

I'm sure Chinese members here will appreciate your comment.

 

[Kinetic]

I hope we would have sent some dummy payload with it.

 

[Sergi]

I hope we would have sent some dummy payload with it.

We can't. Pappu isn't free next week

 

[Kinetic]

We can't. Pappu isn't free next week

i was talking about some dummy but dumby.

 

[satishkumarcsc]

good but looking small

It is 1/6th size to test performances of aerodynamics in reentry and behaviour of the design and materials in extreme heat during re-entry.

 

[Kinetic]

 

[Water Car Engineer]