The Indian Space Research Organisation is gearing up to conduct the second landing test of the Reusable Launch Vehicle, freshly monikered, Pushpak.
The Indian space agency is working to develop essential technologies for a fully reusable launch vehicle to enable low-cost access to space as it plans to build a space station by 2035. Sources in Isro confirmed that the landing test could happen by the end of this month.
A final date is yet to be released by the space agency.
The winged technology demonstrator RLV has been configured to act as a flying test bed to evaluate various technologies, namely, hypersonic flight, autonomous landing and powered cruise flight.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi was briefed by Isro chief S Somnath about the development of the vehicle, during his visit to the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre last month.
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