Does India make rocket engines?
The Vikas (a portmanteau from initials of VIKram Ambalal Sarabhai ) is a family of liquid fuelled rocket engines conceptualized and designed by the Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre in the 1970s….Vikas (rocket engine)
| Country of origin | India |
| Designer | ISRO |
| Manufacturer | Godrej & Boyce and MTAR Technologies |
| Predecessor | Viking |
| Liquid-fuel engine |
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What is GSLV and PSLV?
Launchers or Launch Vehicles are used to carry spacecraft to space. India has two operational launchers: Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) and Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV).
What is the difference between PSLV and GSLV?
Both PSLV (Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle) and GSLV (Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle) are the satellite-launch vehicles (rockets) developed by ISRO. PSLV is designed mainly to deliver the “earth-observation” or “remote-sensing” satellites with lift-off mass…
What is the GSLV Mk-II rocket?
GSLV MK-II is a three-staged vehicle with first stage using solid rocket motor, second stage using Liquid fuel and the third stage, called Cryogenic Upper Stage, using cryogenic engine.
What are the uses of PSLV?
Apart from launching the remote sensing satellites to Sun-synchronous polar orbits, the PSLV is also used to launch the satellites of lower lift-off mass of up to about 1400 Kg to the elliptical Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO).
What is the history of Rohini satellite launch in India?
Its first launch in 1979 carried a Rohini technology payload but couldn’t inject satellite into its desired orbit. It was followed by a successful launch in 1980 carrying Rohini Series-I satellite making India the seventh country to reach earth’s orbit after USSR, USA, France, United Kingdom, China and Japan.