New Delhi: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Sunday achieved another success in the Reusable Launch Vehicle (RLV) landing experiment (LEX). The third and final test in the series of ...

RLV-TD test launch (ISRO). India performed a successful space shuttle test launch late on Sunday, marking the latest milestone for the country’s space program.

The Indian Space Research Organisation's third and final RLV-LEX-03 landing experiment with its prototype space plane on June 23, 2024 at the Aeronautical Test Range in Karnataka. (Image credit: ISRO) ...

India’s RLV-TD prototype rises from its launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Center. (Credit: ISRO) India’s space agency says it put its winged space shuttle prototype, known as the RLV-TD ...

When the atmosphere was thick enough, the flight surfaces took over and the RLV-TD glided under on-board computer control to the recovery area for a splashdown in the Bay of Bengal about 450 km ...

On March 22, ISRO made a significant leap in reusable launch vehicle (RLV) technology with the RLV LEX-02 experiment. The Pushpak vehicle was released from an Indian Air Force helicopter at 4.5-km ...

ISRO successfully conducted the Reusable Launch Vehicle Autonomous Landing Mission (RLV LEX). The test was conducted at the Aeronautical Test Range (ATR), Chitradurga, Karnataka in the early hours ...

Chitradurga, Karnataka, India - June 23, 2024 The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) achieved a significant milestone with the successful completion of its third Reusable Launch Vehicle ...

He added that the second stage recovery has never been tried by any other space agency in the world, not even SpaceX. ISRO’s RLV that was tested first in 2016 ...

The Reusable Launch Vehicle (RLV) Technology Demonstration Program, involving a series of experimental missions, was conceived by ISRO in 2009 as a first step toward a fully reusable, two-stage-to ...

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) may have to delay the first test flight of its experimental Reusable Launch Vehicle-Technology Demonstrator (RLV-TD) spaceplane, with technical ...

The cost of developing the RLV technology is estimated to be about Rs.100 crore ($15 million).