Indigenous GSLV launcher developed
The Indian GSLV satellite launcher is now fully indigenous. The home-made cryogenic upper stage to power it has ‘arrived’, albeit some ten years later than it could have.
ISRO on Thursday evening completed the last crucial ground test for a full-flight duration of 720 seconds at the Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre, Mahendragiri. This puts the country in an upper-crust ‘cryo club’ comprising the US, Russia, Europe and Japan.
