A demo of restarting the Vikas liquid engine is carried out by ISRO
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A demo of restarting the Vikas liquid engine is carried out by ISRO.
A demonstration of restarting the Vikas liquid engine was successfully carried out by the Indian Space Research Organisation at a test facility at the Propulsion Complex in Mahendragiri.
The Vikas engine is the engine that powers the liquid stages of its launch vehicles.
The test, which took place on January 17, is a milestone in the development of technologies for recovery of stages, which will lead to reusability in future launch vehicles.
Several tests are being conducted to confirm the engine restartability under different conditions.
In this test, the engine was started for 60 seconds, after which it was turned off for 120 seconds, and then restarted and ran for seven seconds duration.
Apart from this, the Core Liquid Stage (L110) of ISRO’s LVM3 launch vehicle was flagged off by ISRO Chairman V Narayanan for the launch complex at Sriharikota.
The Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre (LPSC) designed and developed the stage during the development of the LVM3 launch vehicle and powered it with twin Vikas engines, featuring a propellant loading of 110 tonnes.
