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The Advanced Technology Vehicle is a modified Indian sounding rocket developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). It is based on the Rohini-560 rocket. The ATV program was created to test the development of a native dual-mode air-breathing scramjet engine. Template:As of, ISRO has flown two test missions.
ATV-01
On 3 March 2010 at 03:00 UTC, ISRO conducted the first test flight of the Advanced Technology vehicle, designated ATV-D01. It weighed Template:Convert at lift-off, and measured Template:Convert long with a diameter of Template:Convert. It carried a passive scramjet engine combustor module as a demonstration of the air-breathing propulsion technology. The ATV successfully reached Mach 6 for seven seconds and maintained a dynamic pressure of Template:Convert.[1][2]
ATV-02
On 28 August 2016 at 00:30 UTC, the second test flight, designated ATV-D02, was launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre. Massing Template:Convert, the rocket carried an active scramjet engine demonstrator. At 55 seconds into the flight, the scramjets ignited at Mach 6 and functioned for five seconds. The flight lasted a total of about 300 seconds and splashed down in the Bay of Bengal approximately Template:Convert from the space centre.[3]
Combustion was sustained in one engine for 18 seconds and in the other for 14 seconds,[4] producing net positive thrust.[5]
See also
References
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External links
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