ISRO successfully conducts flight test of cryogenic engine for Chandrayan-3 mission

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has successfully conducted the flight acceptance hot test of the CE-20 cryogenic engine.

* The Engine will power the Cryogenic Upper Stage of the LVM3 launch vehicle for the Chandrayaan-3 mission.

* The space agency said the test was successfully conducted on 24th February 2023, at the ISRO Propulsion Complex, Mahendragiri in Tamil Nadu.

* ISRO said, the hot test was carried out for a planned duration of 25 seconds at the High Altitude Test Facility.

* All the propulsion parameters during the test were found satisfactory and closely matched with predictions.

* The Space agency said, the cryogenic engine will be further integrated with the propellant tanks, stage structures and associated fluid lines to realise the fully integrated flight cryogenic stage.

* This flight acceptance hot test comes a day after the Chandrayaan-3 lander successfully completed the crucial EMI-EMC (Electromagnetic Interference/ Electromagnetic Compatibility) test.

* Chandrayaan-3 interplanetary mission has three major modules - the Propulsion module, Lander module and Rover. The mission’s complexity calls for establishing radio-frequency (RF) communication links between the modules.

* Chandrayaan-3 is India’s third moon mission and is a follow-on mission to Chandrayaan-2 to demonstrate end-to-end capability in safe landing and roving on the lunar surface.

* The mission is slated to be launched later this year (2023) by Launch Vehicle Mark 3 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota.

Source : AIR