Space HubVikas Engine
🇮🇳 Indigenous Indian TechnologyA liquid fueled rocket engine that powers the second stage of PSLV and GSLV, and core stage of LVM3.
The Vikas engine is a family of liquid-fueled rocket engines conceptualized and designed by the Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre in the 1970s. The design was based on the licensed version of the Viking engine with the chemical-propellant acquisition. It uses unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine (UDMH) as fuel and nitrogen tetroxide (N2O4) as oxidizer. It has been a highly reliable workhorse of ISRO's launchers.
Technology Details
Status
operational
Category
propulsion
Developer
ISRO
First Tested
May 13, 1988
Operational Since
1993
Indigenous
Yes 🇮🇳
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Developing Organization
ISRO
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Vikas Engine is classified under the propulsion domain of Indian space technology. It is currently operational and developed by ISRO.