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India Tests Rocket Engine Able to Cheapen Space Launches Tenfold

© AFP 2023 / ARUN SANKARThe Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) on Sunday tested a new rocket engine that could cheapen cost per launch up to 10 times, local media reported.
The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) on Sunday tested a new rocket engine that could cheapen cost per launch up to 10 times, local media reported. - Sputnik International
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ISRO’s scramjet engine technology will slash the cost of access to space by up to 90 percent by reducing the amount of oxidizer necessary to help propel spacecraft into orbit.

Indian Space Research Organization’s (ISRO), Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle lifts off from THE Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, India, Friday, July 10, 2015 - Sputnik International
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New Delhi (Sputnik) The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has successfully tested its new scramjet engine and expects a commercial launch. This is being touted as the most cost-effective rocket engine the world has seen. With this, the ISRO, which is already the most inexpensive commercial satellite launch service provider in the world, expects to attract more customers worldwide.

The test carried out from Satish Dhawan Space Center, located at Sriharikota in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh, demonstrated the key technological aspects of the engine. These included the ignition of its engines at supersonic speeds, maintaining thrust at supersonic speeds, and tests of its air intake mechanism and fuel injection systems.

“The first experimental mission of ISRO’s Scramjet Engine towards the realization of an Air Breathing Propulsion System was successfully conducted today (August 28, 2016) from Satish Dhawan Space Center SHAR, Sriharikota. After a flight of about 300 seconds, the vehicle touched down in the Bay of Bengal, approximately 320 km from Sriharikota. The vehicle was successfully tracked during its flight from the ground stations at Sriharikota,” reads a statement released by ISRO.

The Scramjet engine designed by ISRO uses Hydrogen as a fuel and the Oxygen from the atmospheric air as its oxidizer. The use of atmospheric oxygen will reduce the weight of the rocket engine substantially, which can then be used to launch heavy payloads.

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