{"id":111500,"date":"2024-05-31T20:04:48","date_gmt":"2024-05-31T14:34:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/?post_type=current-affairs&#038;p=111500"},"modified":"2024-06-01T18:48:13","modified_gmt":"2024-06-01T13:18:13","slug":"agnibaan-suborbital-technology-demonstrator","status":"publish","type":"current-affairs","link":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/current-affairs\/agnibaan-suborbital-technology-demonstrator","title":{"rendered":"Agnibaan SubOrbital Technology Demonstrator (SOrTeD)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rocket with a <\/span><b>3D- printed engine has been launched by\u00a0 space start-up Agnikul<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Cosmos Private Limited\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Agnikul Cosmos<\/span><b> became the first company in the country to sign an agreement with <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/isro-indian-space-research-organisation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>ISRO<\/b><\/a> <b>under the <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/current-affairs\/in-space-seed-fund-scheme\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>IN-SPACe initiative<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to have access to the space agency\u2019s expertise and its facilities to build Agnibaan in 2020.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>About Agnibaan SubOrbital Technology Demonstrator (SOrTeD)<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-111629 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image-57-1-665b1ca0028e9.webp\" alt=\"Agnibaan SubOrbital Technology Demonstrator\" width=\"301\" height=\"402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image-57-1-665b1ca0028e9.webp 388w, https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image-57-1-665b1ca0028e9-225x300.webp 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 301px) 100vw, 301px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>The Rocket: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Rocket named,<\/span><b> Agnibaan SubOrbital Technology Demonstrator (SOrTeD) comprises a single piece 3D-printed engine designed and built indigenously, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is launched from Sriharikota.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>Sub- Orbital Launch:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The mission was designed to<\/span><b> reach a height of about 8 kilometres<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> before splashing into the sea.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Agnibaan SOrTeD will be<\/span><b> Agnikul\u2019s first flight and the second launch by a private startup<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in India.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>1st private rocket launch:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0 Private launch provider <\/span><b>Skyroot, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">achieved its first sub-orbital launch in 2022<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Private Launchpad: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Agnibaan SOrTeD is India\u2019s <\/span><b>first launch from a private mobile launchpad, called \u2018Dhanush\u2019<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, established by Agnikul.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>India\u2019s first semi- cryogenic engine: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Agnibaan SOrTeD is\u00a0 also <\/span><b>India\u2019s first semi-cryogenic engine powered rocket<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> launch making it the <\/span><b>\u00a0first-ever controlled flight <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of a semi-cryogenic liquid engine realised through additive manufacturing.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>The engine called,\u00a0 Agnilet,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> uses sub-cooled oxygen as fuel.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>Purpose<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: To serve as a test flight and demonstrate in-house and home<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-grown technologies, gather crucial flight data and ensure optimal functioning of systems for Agnikul\u2019s orbital launch vehicle, the \u2018Agnibaan\u2019.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Payload capacity<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: While this was a suborbital launch, the <\/span><b>vehicle can fly payloads ranging from 30 kg to 300 kg.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Competitive edge: T<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">he use of the 3D-printed manufacturing process is likely to l<\/span><b>ower the launch cost and cut down the vehicle assembly time.\u00a0<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Usually engine parts are manufactured separately and assembled later. <\/span><b>Agnibaan is the world\u2019s most integrated single shot 3D printed piece, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">signalling the unparalleled\u00a0 ability to rapidly assemble rockets.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"vc_button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pw.live\/batches\/upsc?utm_source=seo+upsc+batch&#038;utm_medium=seo+upsc&#038;utm_campaign=seo&#038;utm_id=upsc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Enroll now for UPSC Online Course<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100.198%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"width: 100%; border-style: solid; border-color: #000000; background-color: rgba(184, 165, 217, 0.53); text-align: left; vertical-align: middle;\">\n<h3><span style=\"font-size: 16pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe)<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Nodal Agency: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a<\/span><b> single-window, independent, autonomous agency <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">under the <\/span><b>Department of Space (DOS).<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Aim: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is formed following the Space sector reforms to <\/span><b>enable and facilitate the participation of private players and\u00a0 acts as an interface between ISRO and Non-Governmental Entitie<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">s (NGEs)\u00a0 to utilize India&#8217;s space resources better.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Function:\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IN-SPACe is responsible to<\/span><b> promote, enable, authorize and supervise various space activities of non-governmental entities <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">including building launch vehicles &#038; satellites and providing space-based services.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It will enable <\/span><b>sharing space infrastructure and premises under the control of DOS\/ISRO<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and establishing of new space infrastructure and facilities.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100.121%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 36px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 5577.5%; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; border-style: solid; border-color: #000000; height: 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