Bangalore: India is developing a winged
reusable rocket and the Indian Space Research Organisation
(ISRO) has configured a Technology Demonstrator as a first
step towards realising it, the space agency said in a report.
India`s space scientists have already configured a winged
Reusable Launch Vehicle Technology Demonstrator (RLV-TD). This
is a first step towards realising a Two Stage To Orbit (TSTO)
fully re-reusable launch vehicle, according to Indian Space
Research Organisation (ISRO).
The agency said in its latest annual report that a series
of technology demonstration missions have been conceived.
"The RLV-TD will act as a flying test bed to evaluate
various technologies like hypersonic flight, autonomous
landing, powered cruise flight and hypersonic flight using air
breathing propulsion. First in the series of demonstration
trials is the hypersonic flight experiment (HEX)," it said.
Meanwhile, for the Chandrayaan-2 mission, expected by
2012-13, ISRO has received 36 Indian payload proposals for
orbiter and lander/rover.
The Scientific Advisory Board of Chandrayaan-2, a
follow-on mission to Chandrayaan-1, is currently in the
process of reviewing the payloads proposed for orbiter.
ISRO sources said the space agency has also received
foreign proposals evincing interest to send their instruments
for hosting by the Chandrayaan-2 which would be jointly
developed with Russia.
It would have an Indian orbiter and mini-rover, and
Russian lander and rover.
PTI
