The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has successfully carried out the second experimental flight for Air Breathing Propulsion Technology.
The second experimental flight test for the testing of Air Breathing Propulsion Technology was carried out by ISRO on July 22 at 7 a.m. Indian Standard Time (IST).
The propulsion systems were tested by mounting them on a RH-560 Sounding Rocket, which was launched from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota.
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ISRO’s RH-560 Sounding Rocket
The RH-560 is a two-stage, solid motor-based sub-orbital rocket designed to test various new technologies. It is the heaviest-sounding rocket of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO).
According to ISRO, the flight test was satisfactory, looking at the performance of the sounding rocket and the successful ignition of the air-breathing propulsion systems. Additionally, around 110 other parameters were monitored during the flight to calculate the overall performance of the test flight.
The data collected from this test flight will be in handy to develop the air-breathing propulsion technology further.
Before the launch, many ground tests were also carried out at the Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre (LPSC), Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), ISRO Propulsion Complex (IPRC), and CSIR-National Aerospace Laboratories.
