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Agnibaan SOrTeD

Published: 23rd Mar, 2024

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The Chennai headquartered space start-up Agnikul Cosmos Private Limited is set to launch its first rocket Agnibaan Sub Orbital Technology Demonstrator (SOrTeD).

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About Agnibaan SOrTeD

  • Agnibaan SOrTeD - will be-
    • India’s first launch from a private Launchpad
    • India’s first semi-cryogenic engine powered rocket launch
    • India’s first liquid oxygen-kerosene rocket flight in India, from India’s first privately developed launchpad, in Sriharikota
    • The world’s first single piece 3D printed engine designed and built indigenously.
  • This is a sub-orbital launch but it is not a sounding rocket.
  • It has the full stack of closed loop feedback guidance and control with a gimballed thrust vector control.

Fact Box:

About Cosmos

  • Founded in: 2017
  • Cosmos became the first company in the country to sign an agreement with Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) under the IN-SPACe initiative to have access to the space agency’s expertise and its facilities to build Agnibaan in December 2020.

Mission Prarambh

  • Agnikul’s rocket is the second privately-developed rocket in India.
  • In 2022, Vikram-S, India’s first privately-developed rocket, lifted off from the ISRO launchpad in Sriharikota.
  • Developed by the Hyderabad-based start-up Skyroot Aerospace Private Limited, the 6-metre tall vehicle hit a peak altitude of 89.5 kilometres and then splashed into the Bay of Bengal about five minutes after the launch.

Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe)

  • IN-SPACe is a single-window, independent, nodal agency that functions as an autonomous agency in the Department of Space (DOS).
  • It is formed following the Space sector reforms to enable and facilitate the participation of private players.

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