On 23rd May, 2016, ISRO successfully flight tested the India's first winged body aerospace vehicle operating in hyperosonic flight regime.
In this experimental mission, the HS9 solid rocket booster carrying the RLV-TD lifted off from the First Launch Pad at Satish Dhawan Space Center, Sriharikota at 07:00 hrs IST on 23rd May, 2016. After successful flight of 91.1 seconds, the HS9 was burnt out following which both HS9 and RLV-TD mounted on its top coasted to a height of about 56 Kms. At this height, the RLV-TD separated from HS9 booster and further ascended to a height of about 65 Km.
From the height of 65 Kms, the RLV-TD started its descent followed by atmospheric re-entry at around Mach 5 ( five times speed of sound ). The navigation, guidance and control system of the vehicle steered it during this phase for safe descent. After successfully surviving the high temperatures of re-entry with help of thermal protection system, the RLV-TD successfully landed at the defined landing spot over Bay of Bengal which is at a distance of 450 Km from Sriharikota. The total flight duration from launch to landing lasted for about 770 seconds.
Some of the critical technologies like autonomous navigation, guidance and control, reusable thermal protection system and re-entry mission management were successfully validated.
The final version of RLV would take about 10 to 15 years to get ready.
Here is a video of the RLV TD launch...
In this experimental mission, the HS9 solid rocket booster carrying the RLV-TD lifted off from the First Launch Pad at Satish Dhawan Space Center, Sriharikota at 07:00 hrs IST on 23rd May, 2016. After successful flight of 91.1 seconds, the HS9 was burnt out following which both HS9 and RLV-TD mounted on its top coasted to a height of about 56 Kms. At this height, the RLV-TD separated from HS9 booster and further ascended to a height of about 65 Km.
From the height of 65 Kms, the RLV-TD started its descent followed by atmospheric re-entry at around Mach 5 ( five times speed of sound ). The navigation, guidance and control system of the vehicle steered it during this phase for safe descent. After successfully surviving the high temperatures of re-entry with help of thermal protection system, the RLV-TD successfully landed at the defined landing spot over Bay of Bengal which is at a distance of 450 Km from Sriharikota. The total flight duration from launch to landing lasted for about 770 seconds.
Some of the critical technologies like autonomous navigation, guidance and control, reusable thermal protection system and re-entry mission management were successfully validated.
The final version of RLV would take about 10 to 15 years to get ready.
Here is a video of the RLV TD launch...
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