Director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), Thiruvananthapuram, P S Veeraraghavan on Wednesday said India's space scientists are designing a reusable space craft, which is likely to be launched in 2030. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is currently working on Human Spacelift Project or the man mission in 2015 and Chandrayan-II in 2013, he said. Read more
India is developing a winged reusable rocket and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has configured a Technology Demonstrator as a first step towards realising it, the space agency said in a report. India's space scientists have already configured a winged Reusable Launch Vehicle Technology Demonstrator (RLV-TD). This is a first step towards realising a Two Stage To Orbit (TSTO) fully re-reusable launch vehicle, according to Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). Read more
India is planning to launch a technology demonstrator of a reusable launch vehicle in 2009, according to B.N. Suresh, Director, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Thiruvananthapuram.
Work is progressing on the technology demonstrator of the reusable launch vehicle and we are planning to have its launch in 2009 - Dr. Suresh said on Thursday at a press conference convened to provide details of the five-day International Astronautical Congress (IAC), which will begin here on September 24.