The subscale spaceplane demonstrator is a precursor to an orbital re-entry experiment that ISRO is working on.
Credit: ISRO
The Indian Space Research Organization’s (ISRO) Pushpak reusable spaceplane autonomously landed on a runway after, as part of a test, being dropped by an Indian Air Force CH-47F Chinook helicopter from about 15,000 ft. altitude. The Reusable Launch Vehicle Landing Experiment (RLV-LEX 2) mission is...
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