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India’s first private space vehicle launchpad
December 1 , 2022
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- Chennai-based space tech startup Agnikul Cosmos has launched India’s first private launchpad and mission control centre at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota.
- The facility has two parts—the Agnikul launchpad and the Agnikul mission control centre
- The launchpad was designed to accommodate and support liquid stage-controlled launches.
- The Chennai-based startup plans to launch its Agnibaan rocket from this launchpad.
- Agnibaan is a two-stage launch vehicle that is capable of taking payloads of up to 100 kilograms to a low-earth orbit around 700 kilometres.
- The Agnibaan rocket will be powered by the company’s 3D-printed Agnilet engines.
- The Agnilet rocket is a “semi-cryogenic” engine that uses a mixture of liquid kerosene and supercold liquid oxygen to propel itself.
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