India's Reusable Launch Vehicle Pushpak Completes Landing Test

Pushpak deploying drag chute after landing

India's RLV, nicknamed Pushpak, deployed a drag chute after landing.

Credit: Indian Space Research Organization
SINGAPORE—The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has completed the third and final landing experiment for its scaled reusable demonstrator, nicknamed Pushpak. The reusable launch vehicle (RLV), designed to reduce launch costs by as much as 80%, is India’s answer to the U.S.'s X-37 orbital...
Chen Chuanren

Chen Chuanren is the Southeast Asia and China Editor for the Aviation Week Network’s (AWN) Air Transport World (ATW) and the Asia-Pacific Defense Correspondent for AWN, joining the team in 2017.

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