Hot Test of CE-20 Cryogenic Rocket Engine for GSLV Mark III Successful

[Indo-guy]

Does GSLV mkII use anothe CE engine? I wonder what is the load for the 2017 mission you mentioned above.

GSLV Mk II uses different kind of Cryogenic engine- CE 7.5 ( which is based on much more complex staged combustion cycle ) that India had long trouble in mastering...and was successfully flight tested last year . GSLV Mk II can carry pay load upto 2.5 ton to GTO which is just near about the pay load decided for Chandrayaan 2. Since so far GSLV had only 1 successful flight with Indigenous cryogenic upper stage ...there will be 2 more GSLV Mk II flights before Chandrayaan 2 mission will have go ahead.
There is possibility that Chandrayaan 2 mission may not happen in 2017 ...for that reason and it may be pushed to 2018 instead.

 

[Chanakya's_Chant]

Successful testing of High Thrust Cryogenic Engine​

A major milestone in the development of ISRO’s next generation launch vehicle, GSLV MkIII, was achieved on successful long duration hot test (635 seconds) of high thrust cryogenic engine (CE20) on 28-04-2015 at ISRO Propulsion Complex, Mahendragiri, Tamil Nadu. The CE20 cryogenic engine is being indigenously developed by ISRO to power the cryogenic stage of GSLV MkIII launch vehicle. The completion of successful long duration hot test has once again proved ISRO’s capability in mastering the complex cryogenic technology. All subsystems of this engine such as Thrust Chamber, Injector, Gas Generator, LOX & LH2 Turbopumps, Control Components, Pyro systems etc., and the ground Test Facility systems performed very well and the parameters are well within the prediction. A series of development tests on this engine are being carried out to validate the performance and to prove the design of the engine. Two cold start tests and four short duration hot tests were already carried out on this engine at IPRC, Mahendragiri.

Check out the test video here - ISRO - Indian Space Research Organisation - Bangalore, India - Government Organization | Facebook
Successful testing of High Thrust Cryogenic Engine - ISRO

 

[kakathiya]

Best of luck to ISRO, jewel of india, keep up the good work