[Via Satellite 05-24-2016] The Indian Space Research Organization<\/b> (ISRO) on May 23 flight tested India\u2019s first winged body aerospace vehicle operating in a hypersonic flight regime. The mission flew a Reusable Launch Vehicle-Technology Demonstrator (RLV-TD) to test critical technologies such as autonomous navigation, guidance and control, a reusable thermal protection system and re-entry mission management, all of which were successfully validated according to the agency.<\/p>\n
During the experimental mission, an HS9 solid rocket booster carrying the RLV-TD lifted off from the First Launch Pad at Satish Dhawan Space Center, Sriharikota, India. After a 91.1 second flight, HS9 burn out occurred, following which both HS9 and the RLV-TD mounted on its top coasted to a height of about 56 km. At that height, RLV-TD separated from HS9 booster and further ascended to a height of about 65 km. From this peak altitude, the RLV-TD began its descent followed by atmospheric re-entry at around Mach 5, gliding to a defined landing spot over the Bay of Bengal at a distance of about 450 km from Sriharikota.<\/p>\n
Total flight duration from launch to landing of this mission lasted about 770 seconds. The Indian Coast Guard <\/b>and National Institute of Ocean Technology <\/b>(NIOT) supported the mission by taking mid sea wind measurements and providing ship born telemetry for this mission, respectively.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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