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Advanced Technology Vehicle
FunctionScramjet Engine Testing Vehicle
ManufacturerISRO
Country of originIndia
Size
Height9.10 metres (29.9 ft) [1]
Diameter0.56 metres (1 ft 10 in) [1]
Mass3,000 kilograms (6,600 lb) [2]
Stages2
Launch history
StatusActive
Launch sitesSatish Dhawan
Total launches2
Success(es)2
First flightPassive: 3 March 2010 [2] Active: 28 August 2016 [3]


Advanced Technology Vehicle is a India's sounding rocket developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation(ISRO) based on Rohini-560 rocket for testing of its Dual Mode Air Breathing Scramjet Engine.On 28 August 2016 India tested Active Scramjet engine making India World's Fourth Country to Do so far.[3]


ATV-01

In 3 March 2010, ISRO conducted the flight testing of its new sounding rocket: Advanced Technology Vehicle (ATV-D01), weighing 3 tonnes at lift-off, a diameter of .56 m (1 ft 10 in), and a length of ~10 m (33 ft). It carried a passive scramjet engine combustor module as a test-bed for demonstration of air-breathing propulsion technology.[4]

ATV-02

In 28 August 2016,ISRO tested Active Dual Mode Scramjet Engine about 6 Second. The twin Scramjet engines were mounted on the back of the second stage. After a flight of about 300 seconds, the vehicle Splash down in the Bay of Bengal, approximately 320 km from Sriharikota. The vehicle was tracked from the ground stations at Sriharikota.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Rohini (rocket family)".
  2. ^ a b "ISRO Plans Scramjet Engine Test Atop Its Heaviest Sounding Rocket in July". thewirwe. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
  3. ^ a b c "ISRO's Scramjet Engine Technology Demonstrator Successfully Flight Tested". isro. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  4. ^ "Successful flight testing of advanced sounding rocket". isro. Retrieved 3 March 2010.