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Many doubts will be clarified about cruise/ballistic and hypersonic etc..... :)


Shourya missile launch successful

T.S. Subramanian

Y. Mallikarjun



India’s 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 India’s 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 missile’s 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
 
why another thread when you already post this new in other thread ???????????????????
 
Many doubts will be clarified about cruise/ballistic and hypersonic etc..... :)


Shourya missile launch successful

T.S. Subramanian

Y. Mallikarjun



India’s 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 India’s 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 missile’s 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
wallah! great news , congratulations to DRDO and fellow Indians. tx kinetic bro :cheers:
 
At a glance....


Range: 750 KM
Speed: Mach 7.5
Altitude: 40 km
Weight: 6.2 tonnes.
High accuracy, maneuverable, road mobile, submarine launched
TEL, underground canister launch by means of gas generator.

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why another thread when you already post this new in other thread ???????????????????

I deleted it there. Why don't you check it first. I think there are lots of info and the thread name is not about Shaurya.
 

Official (unedited) DRDO statement @16.52: The DRDO developed 700-km range Shourya Missile was successfully flight tested at 2.30PM from Launch Complex III of ITR, Balasore on 24th Sep 2011. The missile was launched from a cannister in a ground launch mode. The launch of the missile was perfect like in text book and followed the path exactly to the predefined target in Bay of Bengal. All the Radar Stations, Telemetry Stations, Electro-Optical Stations all along the East Coast have tracked and monitored all the mission parameters. Ships located near the target have also tracked and witnessed the final event. The Missile has reached the target within few meters accuracy. The Missile is equipped with multiple advanced computing systems, very high accuracy navigation and guidance systems. DRDO Chief Controller Shri Avinash Chander congratulated all the scientists and employees of DRDO and other establishments. Director DRDL Shri P Venugoplalan, Director ITR Shri SP Dash, Director SPIC Shri Satish Kumar and Programme Director AK Chakravarti have monitored all the preparatory operations. Shri A Joseph Project Director and team have prepared the missile and conducted the launch flawlessly.

http://livefist.blogspot.com/2011/09/indias-nuke-capable-shaurya-tested.html

NOTE:THis is 2008 Video.
 
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The Missile has reached the target within few meters accuracy. The Missile is equipped with multiple advanced computing systems, very high accuracy navigation and guidance systems.

Maturity on work. :) Te missile test was very important as there was little info about K-15. We now know more about our missile on the Arihant. I think the navigation system is the newly developed FOG or MEMS gyros and not sure about the guidance.


I am looking forward for an Anti-ship version of Shaurya. :D
 
At a glance....


Range: 750 KM
Speed: Mach 7.5
Altitude: 40 km
Weight: 6.2 tonnes.
High accuracy, maneuverable, road mobile, submarine launched
TEL, underground canister launch by means of gas generator.

---------- Post added at 04:54 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:53 PM ----------



I deleted it there. Why don't you check it first. I think there are lots of info and the thread name is not about Shaurya.
Kinetic .Food for thought With warhead equivalent to 1 Ton it covers 750km ,what if we fit 500kg smart warhead ,it might go 1200+KM..
 
Wow diameter of just 74 cm?

Good news that the missile is already in production. :cheers:
 
Kinetic .Food for thought With warhead equivalent to 1 Ton it covers 750km ,what if we fit 500kg smart warhead ,it might go 1200+KM..

It should be more than 1200 km with 500 kg payload. Another thing is if launched like a ballistic missile it will go even further but weight may increase slightly.
 
Maturity on work. :) Te missile test was very important as there was little info about K-15. We now know more about our missile on the Arihant. I think the navigation system is the newly developed FOG or MEMS gyros and not sure about the guidance.


I am looking forward for an Anti-ship version of Shaurya. :D

I am looking for extended range version of this missile:tup:

Thanks for sharing this successful launch
 
Great development :victory: congratz to DRDO :cheers: hope the next two tests will bring the same news :)
 
So,it's official now.Flat trajectory,40 km service altitude,rounded nose,powered terminal flight,s manuever-Shaurya is infact a hypersonic cruise missile.
 
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