Elon Musk's Tweets On ISRO,s Gaganyaan Engine Test Success

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The Indian space agency said that engine was fired for 6 minutes at ISRO Propulsion Complex in Mahendragiri,Tamil Nadu

  
New Delhi: SpaceX CEO Elon  has congratulated India,s ISRO on successfully conducting the third long-duration "hot test" of Vikas engine, a key part of the ambitious Gaganyaan mission to take Indians to space in an Indian vehicle. Replying to a tweet by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on the engine test, Mr Musk just wrote one word -- "Congratulations!" with India's flag emoticon. The ISRO said on Wednesday that it tested the human rated GSLV MkIII vehicle for engine qualification requirements for the manned mission and it was successful. 


ISRO said the engine was fired for 240 seconds at the space agency's Propulsion Complex in Mahendragiri, Tamil Nadu. The test objectives were met and the parameters closely matched the predictions, it added.

Mr Musk, a lifelong space enthusiast who aims to make humans a multi-planetary species, founded SpaceX in 2002 with an aim to bring down the cost of space transportation. His company pioneered reusable rocket technology to achieve that goal.

Despite being competitors, Mr Musk has often praised ISRO's efforts to achieve big with minimal cost. When ISRO launched 104 satellites on a single rocket in February 2017, Mr Musk said he was very impressed by the record-breaking feat.





Highlights

  • With this testing, ISRO has moved further for its first human space mission Gaganyaan.
  • Third long duration hot test of liquid propellant Vikas Engine was conducted for core L110 liquid stage (engine) of human rated Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mk III (GSLV Mk III).
  • This test was a part of engine qualification requirements for Gaganyaan Programme.
  • Engine was fired for 240 seconds at engine test facility of ISRO Propulsion Complex (IPRC), Mahendragiri in Tamil Nadu.
  • ISRO have planned to fly two human rated unmanned GSLV-Mk III rockets before sending Indian astronauts in third rocket.


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