India to Conduct its First Hypersonic Flight Experiment (HEX-01) for AVATAR RLV-TD in March!

[kaku1]

The beauty is taking shape!

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@SOHEIL Any comment?

 

[SOHEIL]

@SOHEIL Any comment?

 

[Kinetic]

The beauty is taking shape!

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This is old pic I think, as its to be launched before June.

 

[Chanakya's_Chant]

ISRO to assemble key vehicle for human spaceflight​

BENGALURU: The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) is inching closer towards its Human Space Mission. It is test launching a version of its Reusable Launch Vehicle Technology Demonstrator (RLV-TD) later this year, following a successful test of the crew module last year.

The agency has already transported and positioned boosters for the launch expected in second half of this year. It will begin assembling the vehicle in 8-10 weeks.

"The launch was to happen sometime in mid-2015, but there's been a delay as we decided to complete our commercial launches first," a senior Isro official said. With the crew module recovery tests done, the next crucial test will be to test the RLV-TD for the Hypersonic Experiment Mission-01 (HEX-01).

"As with the crew module test, there'll be no people aboard this vehicle. We will test the technology, which has been worked upon for over half-a-decade," an Isro spokesperson said.

The UPA-led government had sanctioned Rs 145 crore for the Human Space Mission. The RLV-TD is a major step towards realising this programme, mooted to begin in 2017. The objective is to carry a two-member crew to Low Earth Orbit and return them safely. The winged RLV-TD has been configured to act as a flying test bed to evaluate various technologies like hypersonic flight, autonomous landing, powered cruise flight and flight using air breathing propulsion.

As part of the pre-project activities, Isro is focusing on the development of critical technologies for subsystems such as Crew Module, Environmental control and Life Support System, Crew Escape System and so on. Many of these are already complete. Eventually, Isro will have to use the GSLV platform, which is yet to completely gain the confidence of the agency.

Source:- Isro to assemble key vehicle for human spaceflight - The Times of India

 

[kurup]

ISRO to assemble key vehicle for human spaceflight​

BENGALURU: The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) is inching closer towards its Human Space Mission. It is test launching a version of its Reusable Launch Vehicle Technology Demonstrator (RLV-TD) later this year, following a successful test of the crew module last year.

The agency has already transported and positioned boosters for the launch expected in second half of this year. It will begin assembling the vehicle in 8-10 weeks.

"The launch was to happen sometime in mid-2015, but there's been a delay as we decided to complete our commercial launches first," a senior Isro official said. With the crew module recovery tests done, the next crucial test will be to test the RLV-TD for the Hypersonic Experiment Mission-01 (HEX-01).

"As with the crew module test, there'll be no people aboard this vehicle. We will test the technology, which has been worked upon for over half-a-decade," an Isro spokesperson said.

The UPA-led government had sanctioned Rs 145 crore for the Human Space Mission. The RLV-TD is a major step towards realising this programme, mooted to begin in 2017. The objective is to carry a two-member crew to Low Earth Orbit and return them safely. The winged RLV-TD has been configured to act as a flying test bed to evaluate various technologies like hypersonic flight, autonomous landing, powered cruise flight and flight using air breathing propulsion.

As part of the pre-project activities, Isro is focusing on the development of critical technologies for subsystems such as Crew Module, Environmental control and Life Support System, Crew Escape System and so on. Many of these are already complete. Eventually, Isro will have to use the GSLV platform, which is yet to completely gain the confidence of the agency.

Source:- Isro to assemble key vehicle for human spaceflight - The Times of India

How is RLV-TD even related to human space flight ??

 

[OrionHunter]

How is RLV-TD even related to human space flight ??

Like the Space Shuttle that carries astronauts into LEOs.

 

[Chanakya's_Chant]

How is RLV-TD even related to human space flight ??

It is the Indian counterpart of the American "Space Shuttle" - can undertake any sort of task in the low earth orbit from deploying satellites/telescopes to ferry humans and eventually integrating/docking to a space station.

The only difference being - it will have splashdown recovery in the sea/ocean unlike American Space Shuttle which lands on runways instead.

 

[Chanakya's_Chant]

Spaceport of India, SDSC SHAR range is being augmented to meet the requirements of ISRO future advanced missions like Reusable Launch Vehicles (RLV), TSTO and Space Recovery Capsule etc. For these missions the SHAR range requires state of the art Multiple Object Tracking Radar, particularly where multiple objects are dispensed or many objects are in the air at the same time. Also, the other important requirement is tracking of Space Debris. ISRO has a number of Remote Sensing Satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO), which face sometimes the danger of close approach by the Space Debris. Space Debris tracking and predictions of close approach are necessary to plan collision avoidance manoeuvres for the satellites. Hence, it was felt necessary to develop an active phased array for Multiple Object Tracking Radar (MOTR) with electronic beam steering for future missions requiring both high Pulse Repetition Frequencies (PRF) and long pulse widths. It uses rapid electronic phasing of the individual array antenna elements to steer the radar beam with the flexibility and speed of electronics rather than with much slower and less flexible mechanical steering.

MOTR finds wide applications in space research, defence and aerospace areas. The conical scan, mono pulse Radars with mechanical steerable antenna are used for single object tracking applications where as phased array Radars with electronic beam steering are essential for tracking multiple objects.

While realizing the MOTR various aspects are to be considered carefully as this is a complex system involving different sub systems like Micro strip patch antenna, TR modules, Beam forming network, Cooling system, Receiver, Data processing etc. All the interfaces shall be properly defined and simulations need to be carried out to arrive at the desired specifications. In this paper, requirements, design considerations, system configuration and specifications are discussed.

“As far as we know, only five other companies in the world have the capability to build radars of this sophistication,” Prasad said, naming Raythaeon, Northrop Grummer, Lockheed Martin, of the US, Thales, Canada-Europe, Elta of Israel and NEC of Japan.

While it would cost Rs.800 crore to buy a radar of comparable capabilities from the international market, ISRO built it for Rs.245 crore, without any dedicated manpower, Prasad said.

With Multi-Object Tracking Radar, India joins big league - The Hindu

 

[Transhumanist]

It is the Indian counterpart of the American "Space Shuttle" - can undertake any sort of task in the low earth orbit from deploying satellites/telescopes to ferry humans and eventually integrating/docking to a space station.

The only difference being - it will have splashdown recovery in the sea/ocean unlike American Space Shuttle which lands on runways instead.

Cool!!! I'm sure our American friends will welcome you - they might even stop by for a visit:

The Air Force's Mysterious Space Plane is Going Into Orbit Again

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Are there plans for a large version - similar to the US Space Shuttle, or will it be similar to the X-37b for the entirety of the program life, smaller, but no less impressive and useful?

 

[#hydra#]

It is the Indian counterpart of the American "Space Shuttle" - can undertake any sort of task in the low earth orbit from deploying satellites/telescopes to ferry humans and eventually integrating/docking to a space station.

The only difference being - it will have splashdown recovery in the sea/ocean unlike American Space Shuttle which lands on runways instead.

Splash down recovery will be applicable for RLV TD,actual or full size vehicle will land on runway.

 

[SR-91]

Looking forward to it, likely to be 2nd quarter of 2015.

 

[kurup]

Like the Space Shuttle that carries astronauts into LEOs.

Which means the technologies derived from RLV-TD can/may be used to develope a space shuttle in the future .

AFAIK , neither the SSTO nor TSTO has the payload capacity to support a human mission .

It is the Indian counterpart of the American "Space Shuttle" - can undertake any sort of task in the low earth orbit from deploying satellites/telescopes to ferry humans and eventually integrating/docking to a space station.

The only difference being - it will have splashdown recovery in the sea/ocean unlike American Space Shuttle which lands on runways instead.

RLV-TD is non of that .... it is hardly a 10m vehicle aimed at studying aerodynamics of winged body flight .

Only RLV-TD splash down at ocean ....... both SSTO and 1st satge of TSTO lands on a runway .

 

[OrionHunter]

Which means the technologies derived from RLV-TD can/may be used to develope a space shuttle in the future .

Yep! It would be a developed version of the RLV which would be based on the proven technologies after a number of test flights. We would then finally have a space shuttle well within the next decade.

 

[Chanakya's_Chant]

Which means the technologies derived from RLV-TD can/may be used to develope a space shuttle in the future .

AFAIK , neither the SSTO nor TSTO has the payload capacity to support a human mission .



RLV-TD is non of that .... it is hardly a 10m vehicle aimed at studying aerodynamics of winged body flight .

Only RLV-TD splash down at ocean ....... both SSTO and 1st satge of TSTO lands on a runway .

Sorry? I was referring to RLV-TD only which is supposed to have a splashdown - HEX is one of the four RLV-TD flights planned. The notional specification is for a payload weighing up to 1,000 kg to low earth orbit and to withstand up to 100 launches and re-entries. Probably a man rated AVATAR is on the cards?

 

[kurup]

Yep! It would be a developed version of the RLV which would be based on the proven technologies after a number of test flights. We would then finally have a space shuttle well within the next decade.

RLV-TD will be developed to TSTO and then later SSTO .

A space shuttle in next decade .....

Sorry? I was referring to RLV-TD only which is supposed to have a splashdown - HEX is one of the four RLV-TD flights planned. The notional specification is for a payload weighing up to 1,000 kg to low earth orbit and to withstand up to 100 launches and re-entries. Probably a man rated AVATAR is on the cards?

AVATAR aka SSTO has a payload upto just 1000kg to LEO ..... I don't think it can be man rated .

Any idea about the payload of TSTO ??