Skyroot successfully test-fires India's first privately developed cryogenic rocket engine

Skyroot successfully test-fires India's first privately developed cryogenic rocket engine

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Category : Defense Published on: November 30 2021

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The 'Dhawan-1,' India's first privately developed completely cryogenic rocket engine, was successfully tested at the Solar Industries test facility in Hyderabad city.
The cryogenic rocket engine was built and tested at the Solar Industries propulsion test facility in Nagpur by Skyroot Aerospace of Hyderabad.
The rocket engine is powered by two high-performance rocket propellants: liquid natural gas (LNG) and liquid oxygen (LoX).
This is the first time that a private company in India has successfully designed, developed, and tested a full solid propulsion rocket stage.
Cryogenic engines are rocket propulsion systems that use cryogenic propellants to achieve high efficiency (less than -150 degrees Celsius).

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About Skyroot

Established: 12 June 2018
Headquarters: Hyderabad, Telangana
Co-Founder, CEO and CTO: Pawan Kumar Chandana
Co-Founder, COO: Naga Bharat Daka.

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