Vikas Engine

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully conducted the third long-duration
hot test on the Vikas Engine that would launch the ambitious Gaganyaan programme

The engine was fired for a duration of 240 seconds at the engine test facility of ISRO Propulsion Complex (IPRC), Mahendragiri in Tamil Nadu

The Vikas Engine has been tested for the core L110 liquid stage of the human-rated GSLV Mklll vehicle

●Vikas Engine:

Vikas Engine is a liquid fuelled rocket engine indigenously developed by ISRO, India

It is named after Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai, India's renowned space scientist, is used in the PSLV and GSLV vehicles for space launching satellites

Vikas engines are employed in the second stage of PSLV as well as the second and the four strap-on stages of the GSLV and in twin-engine core liquid stage (L110) of GSLV Mklll.

Fuel : UDMH (Unsymmetrical
dimethylhydrazine) + N204

Gaganyaan

Gaganyaan is ISRO's first human space flight programme.

It is to send a three-member crew to space for a period of five to seven days by 2022 .

The Gaganyaan spacecraft will be placed in a low earth orbit (LEO) of 300-400 kilometres.

Gaganyaan is significant because it is the first indigenous mission that will send Indian astronauts to space.

If it succeeds, India will be the fourth country to have sent a human to space, the other three being the US, Russia and China.

ISRO is developing the spacecraft and Russia is helping in the training of the astronauts.

GSLV Mk lll, also called the LVM-3 (Launch Vehicle Mark-3,) the three-stage heavy lift launch vehicle, will be used to launch Gaganyaan as it has the necessary payload capability

GSLV Mk lll

It is a three-stage heavy lift launch vehicle developed by ISRO.

The vehicle has two solid strap-ons, a core liquid booster and a cryogenic upper stage.

It is designed to carry 4 ton class of satellites into Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO) or about 10 tons to Low Earth Orbit (LEO), which is about twice the capability of the GSLV Mk ll.

The two strap-on motors of GSLV Mk lll are located on either side of its core liquid booster

It uses two S200 solid rocket boosters to provide the huge amount of thrust required for lift off. The S200 was developed at Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre

Saikhom Mirabai Chanu  is an Indian weightlifter. She won the silver medal at Tokyo Olympics in Women's 49 kg, thereby bringing India its first medal in the event. 

A regular presence in international events since 2014 in the 48 kg category, Chanu has won the World Championships and multiple medals at the Commonwealth Games.

She was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India for her contributions to the sport.

She was awarded Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award by the Government of India in 2018.

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