ISRO's Hat-Trick In Pushpak Safe Landing, Focus Now On Orbital Entry Trials
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ISRO said in a statement that it has proudly achieved a third consecutive success in the Reusable Launch Vehicle Landing Experiment today.
In a rare distinction for any space agency, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) today achieved a rare hat-trick of the safe landing of an uncrewed, autonomous winged reusable launch vehicle during an experiment in this century. Hat-trick for ISRO in RLV LEX! 🚀🇮🇳ISRO achieved its third and final consecutive success in the Reusable Launch Vehicle (RLV) Landing EXperiment (LEX) on June 23, 2024."Pushpak" executed a precise horizontal landing, showcasing advanced autonomous capabilities under… pic.twitter.com/cGMrw6mmyH RLV-LEX3 Video pic.twitter.com/MkYLP4asYY
ISRO said in a statement that it has proudly achieved a third consecutive success in the Reusable Launch Vehicle (RLV) Landing Experiment (LEX) today. "The third and final test in the series of LEX (03) was conducted at 07:10 IST at the Aeronautical Test Range (ATR) in Chitradurga, Karnataka," it said.
ISRO chairman S Somanath told NDTV, "ISRO achieved a hat-trick of safe landings by the Pushpak or Reusable Launch Vehicle, now this sets the stage for the orbital test of Pushpak. It will be launched on a rocket into space, and then it can safely land on Earth. Truly a game-changer technology to reduce cost of access to space. A uniquely atmanirbhar effort by ISRO to harness reusable rockets in a swadeshi way in the 21st century."
