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ISRO creates history as it commissions world's third largest hypersonic wind tunnel

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Re-entry missions like the Reusable Launch Vehicle missions, spend a major part of the mission in hypersonic flow regimes where many critical aero thermal events take place. In order to characterise the aero thermal properties and to optimise the launch vehicle design to ensure safe return of the Vehicle during re-entry, 1 metre Hypersonic Wind Tunnel and 1 metre shock Tunnel are established at Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Thiruvananthapuram. Hypersonic Wind Tunnel up to Mach 6 and Shock Tunnel up to Mach 8 are commissioned and the facility is operational in fully auto mode.
 
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