India successfully launched a reusable shuttle

The Indian space agency has just confirmed that it successfully launched the reusable shuttle RVL-TD.

India has successfully launched a reusable shuttle model, marking an important development in the country's low-cost space program.

Specifically, the BBC said the prototype of the unmanned shuttle Reusable Launch Vehicle (RLV-TD) was launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota and reached a height of 43 miles before returning to the ground. . The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has officially confirmed this information on their website.

The initial 1.75-ton RVL-TD prototype was not expected to "survive" after flight testing.

RVL-TD has been researched and developed by India for over 10 years with the cost up to now about 14 million USD. This test version is about 7m long, 6 times smaller than the latest version that ISRO built.

According to ISRO, the original 1.75-ton RVL-TD prototype was not expected to "survive" after flight testing. Scientists aim only at determining flight direction, supersonic speed measurement and managing RVL-TD's round-trip process.

The European Space Agency, Japan and Russia are also developing reusable space shuttle technologies in the hope of saving costs and resources for space research programs. Similarly, the projects SpaceX and Blue Origin of private companies.

India is investing heavily in their low-cost space program. Prime Minister Narendra Modi hopes India will rise to one of the world's most developed universe industries. In 2014, India became the first Asian country to successfully launch a spacecraft into orbit of Mars at a cost of $ 74 million.