ISRO facilitates hot testing of engine

PNS|Amaravati

The Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), the lead centre of ISRO for the development of launch vehicles, facilitated the hot testing of a rocket engine developed by an Indian space start-up.

The ISRO authorities, in a statement, informed on Tuesday that the VSSC successfully conducted the 15 seconds hot test of the Agnilet Engine for M/s Agnikul Cosmos Pvt. Ltd. on November 4 at its Vertical Test Facility, Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS), Thiruvananthapuram. The test was carried out as part of an MOU signed between ISRO and M/s Agnikul Cosmos Pvt. Ltd. to provide opportunities for Indian space start-ups to use ISRO facilities of ISRO through IN-SPACe.

Agnilet Engine is a regeneratively cooled 1.4 kN semi-cryogenic engine, working at a chamber pressure of 10.8 bar(a) using Liquid oxygen and Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF) as propellants. This engine is realised through state-of-the-art 3D printing technology and material of construction is INCONEL-718.