ISRO’s RLV LEX mission
The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) announced on Sunday that the autonomous test landing mission of the Reusable Launch Vehicle (RLV) at the Aeronautical Test Range (ATR) in Karnataka’s Chitradurga had been completed safely.
The RLV was launched at 7.10 a.m. by an Indian Air Force Chinook aircraft. The RLV then accomplished an autonomous landing on the ATR at 7.40 a.m. using the integrated Navigation, Guidance, and Control system. ISRO thus accomplished the autonomous landing of a space spacecraft.
The mission represents the first time a winged body has been carried to an altitude of 4.5 kilometers by a helicopter and then released to settle autonomously on a runway.
During RLV-TD’s autonomous landing, the exact conditions required for a spacecraft that has re-entered the atmosphere were met. The vehicle showed a high-speed autonomous landing at 350 kph.
