The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has successfully conducted a ‘static test’ of the third largest solid fuel booster in the world.
The S200 rocket engine, which measures 22 m long and 3.2 m in diameter, contains 200 tonnes of solid propellant--the largest of its kind manufactured by ISRO to date.
The static test—in which the booster is held stationary--was conducted on Jan. 25 at the Sriharikota space centre in southern India.
The S200 booster will be used to power a rocket 43.5m high, weighing 630 tonnes, to be used for launching heavy satellites in the four-tonne class in a Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark III (GSLV-Mk III) reaching an apogee of 36,000 km./.
The S200 rocket engine, which measures 22 m long and 3.2 m in diameter, contains 200 tonnes of solid propellant--the largest of its kind manufactured by ISRO to date.
The static test—in which the booster is held stationary--was conducted on Jan. 25 at the Sriharikota space centre in southern India.
The S200 booster will be used to power a rocket 43.5m high, weighing 630 tonnes, to be used for launching heavy satellites in the four-tonne class in a Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark III (GSLV-Mk III) reaching an apogee of 36,000 km./.
