Isro successfully conducts cryo CE 20

[migflug]

ISRO successfully conducts hot test of Cryo CE 20 engine
19 Feb, 2016

In a major milestone, ISRO today successfully hot tested 'Cryo CE 20' Engine for a flight duration of 640 seconds, with the space agency Chairman A S Kirankumar describing the feat as a "phenomenal achievement in the shortest time."
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: In a major milestone, ISRO today successfully hot tested 'Cryo CE 20' Engine for a flight duration of 640 seconds, with the space agency Chairman A S Kirankumar describing the feat as a "phenomenal achievement in the shortest time."

The test was completed successfully at ISRO Propulsion Complex (IPRC) at Mahendragiri today at 17.15 hrs, an ISRO press release said here.

This engine is identified for Cryogenic stage hot tests for GSLV MkIII, according to the release.

The engine has already undergone two short duration tests and demonstrated repeatability of engine ignition characteristics and steady state performance, it said.

The test was conducted with Mixture Ratio Controller (MRC) in closed loop mode for the flight duration of 640 seconds, according to ISRO.

Kirankumar, in his address to the gathering present at Mahendragiri, described it as "a phenomenalachievement in the shortest time".

The Fully indigenous cryogenic engine development is a major step towards the launch of GSLV MkIII in December, the release said.

Mahendragiri is in Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu.

 

[Nilgiri]

I'm glad they went for gas generator. Good quick results to keep pace with ISRO vision.

 

[PARIKRAMA]

It's time to give a bigger budget to ISRO.. They have done good solid work with limited budget..

GOI should make sure they get extra budget allocation for multiple new projects and continue work on their R&D

 

[45'22']

AFAIK this test was conducted earlier maybe with less time

 

[dadeechi]

AFAIK this test was conducted earlier maybe with less time

You were probably referring to the below

ISRO tests indigenous cryogenic engine | The Indian Express

 

[jetray]

Cool one more milestone, now we will see russia and americans offering us cryogenic engine.

 

[kmc_chacko]

 

[Nilgiri]

GSLV-MkIII on course as cryo engine passes big test - NATIONAL - The Hindu

The much-needed indigenous heavy-lift space launcher, GSLV-MkIII, looks set for a full-fledged first flight in December after its cryogenic engine passed a test to qualify it for use in future missions.

The engine was test fired for 640 seconds on Friday evening at the Mahendragiri test facility of Indian Space Research Organisation. This is the time the cryogenic stage will be in action during an actual GSLV-MkIII flight.

“Today’s cryogenic engine test for the MkIII was successful,” said ISRO Chairman A.S. Kiran Kumar, who witnessed the critical event along with senior officials involved in rocket development activities. “It gives us the confidence to go ahead [with its other activities] and more or less confirm a full launch of GSLV MkIII in December.” Tested once in mid-2015 for 800 seconds, the engine prototype, he said, has proven that it can repeat the performance equally on a second or different hardware. Its design would be frozen, replicated for use in the cryogenic third stage of upcoming MkIII rockets. When it gets regularised in the coming years, the GSLV-MkIII launcher (some call it the LVM3) will be able to lift four-tonne communication satellites into their specified orbit. That is twice heavier than what the present indigenous GSLV-MkII can do.

Stage test next

Calling it “100 per cent success,” S. Sivan, Director of the rocket-related hub, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Thiruvananthapuram, said, “There is confidence that we are going in the right direction” with the cryoengine design. In a couple of months, they would test the entire cryogenic third stage, called C-25, with fuel tank, plumbing and other systems.

 

[migflug]

AFAIK both booster stage and third stage has been tested so it is possible for gslv mk3 to have its first flight in december. with its sucess we wont depend on ariane for insat launch