ISRO successfully conducted the Pushpak Reusable Landing Vehicle (RLV) LEX 02 Landing Experiment | Current Affairs | Vision IAS
News Today Logo

    ISRO successfully conducted the Pushpak Reusable Landing Vehicle (RLV) LEX 02 Landing Experiment

    Posted 22 Mar 2024

    2 min read

    • RLV LEX 02 is the second of the series of experiments conducted by the ISRO under the Reusable Launch Vehicle Technology Demonstration (RLV-TD) Programme.
      • RLV LEX 02 re-validated the indigenously developed technologies for performing high speed autonomous landing of a space returning vehicle.
      • In it, the winged body and all flight systems used in RLV-LEX-01 were reused. 
        • In 2023, RLV-LEX-01 mission was successfully conducted.

     

    • RLV-TD Programme aims at developing essential technologies for a fully RLV to enable low-cost access to space
      • RLV is essentially a space plane with a low lift to drag ratio and can travel to low earth orbits to deliver payloads and return to earth for use again.
      • This vehicle will be scaled up to become the first stage of India’s reusable two-stage orbital (TSTO) launch vehicle.
      • NASA is using RLV for long time and private space agencies such as Space X demonstrating partially reusable launch systems. 

     

    • Advantages: RLV is considered a low-cost, reliable, and on-demand mode of accessing space.

     

    • Challenges Selection of materials like special alloys, composites, and insulation materials and the crafting of its parts is very complex and demands highly skilled manpower. 
    • Tags :
    • RLV LEX 02
    • reusable launch system
    Watch News Today
    Subscribe for Premium Features