Space shuttle News
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The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has successfully launched it's first ever 'Made-in-India' space shuttle RLV-Technology Demonstrator on May 23, 2016.
India launched its maiden indigenous winged Reusable Launch Vehicle, RLV from Sriharikota spaceport in Andhra Pradesh early Monday.
The 6.5 meter long Re-usable Launch Vehicle - Technology Demonstrator (RLV-TD) weighing about 1.7 tons took off at 7 a.m. from the first launchpad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota.
The RLV-TD was launched from Sriharikota on the coast of the Bay of Bengal in Andhra Pradesh at 7 a.m today.
The 6.5 metre long 'aeroplane'-like structure weighing 1.75 tons was launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Andhra Pradesh, about 80 km northeast of Chennai off the Bay of Bengal coast.
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will mark history with the launch of it's indigenous 'space shuttle' which is fully 'Made-in-India'.
The Indian space agency is all set to undertake the maiden launch of its very own indigenously version of a 'space shuttle', a fully effort. Today, a sleek winged body almost the weight and size of a sports utility vehicle (SUV) is being given final touches at Sriharikota awaiting the final countdown.
In what can be termed as an ironic twist of history, US-based Sierra Nevada Corporation's NASA-contracted Dream Chaser cargo spacecraft has a design rooted in the Soviet Union's space “shuttle” of nearly 50 years back.
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