Isro completes 2nd key landing experiment of reusable launch vehicle | India News

BENGALURU: The Indian House Analysis Organisation (Isro) early Friday achieved a major milestone within the growth of reusable launch automobile (RLV) expertise with the profitable completion of the second touchdown experiment, the RLV-LEX-02.
TOI first reported that this check would occur in its Mar 16 version.
Performed at 7.10am on the Aeronautical Check Vary (ATR) in Chitradurga‘s Challakere, some 200km from Bengaluru, the second experiment within the collection demonstrated the autonomous touchdown functionality of the RLV from “off-nominal preliminary circumstances”.
“Constructing upon the success of the RLV-LEX-01 mission final yr, the RLV-LEX-02 experiment concerned tougher maneuvers and dispersions, requiring the automobile to right each cross-range and downrange deviations earlier than touchdown autonomously on the runway,” Isro stated.
The winged automobile, now being referred to as Pushpak, was lifted by an Indian Air Pressure Chinook helicopter and launched from an altitude of 4.5 km, 4 km away from the runway.

After launch, Pushpak autonomously approached the runway, making vital cross-range corrections. It then landed exactly on the runway, coming to a halt with the help of its brake parachute, touchdown gear brakes, and nostril wheel steering system.
“This mission efficiently simulated the strategy and high-speed touchdown circumstances of an RLV getting back from area. With the RLV-LEX-02, Isro has re-validated its indigenously developed applied sciences in areas reminiscent of navigation, management programs, touchdown gear, and deceleration programs, that are important for performing a high-speed autonomous touchdown of a space-returning automobile,” Isro stated.

Considerably, the winged physique and all flight programs used within the RLV-LEX-01 mission have been reused within the RLV-LEX-02 mission after vital certifications and clearances, demonstrating the reuse functionality of flight {hardware} and programs.
The mission was completed by the Vikram Sarabhai House Centre (VSSC), the Liquid Propulsion System Centre (LPSC), and the ISRO Inertial Methods Unit (IISU), with collaboration from numerous companies, together with the Indian Air Pressure, ADE, ADRDE, and CEMILAC.
Isro chairman S Somanath congratulated the staff for the flawless execution whereas VSSC director S Unnikrishnan Nair, highlighted that by means of this repeated success, Isro may grasp the terminal section maneuvering, touchdown, and power administration in a totally autonomous mode, which is a essential step in direction of the longer term growth of an RLV.