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( R e d i r e c t e d f r o m L 4 0 H V i k a s )
The Vikas (a portmanteau from initials of VIK A S [5] [6] liquid fuelled rocket engines conceptualized and designed by the Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre in the 1970s.[7] [8] Viking engine with the chemical pressurisation system.[9] [10] Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV), Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) and LVM3 for space launch use.
Vikas engine is used to power the second stage of PSLV, boosters and second stage of GSLV Mark I and II and also the core stage of LVM3. The propellant loading for Vikas engine in PSLV, GSLV Mark I and II is 40 tons, while in LVM3 is 55 tons.
History [ edit ]
In 1974, Societe Europeenne de Propulsion agreed to transfer Viking engine technology in return for 100 man-years of engineering work from ISRO. The first engine built from the acquired technology was tested successfully in 1985 by Nambi Narayanan and his team at ISRO and named it Vikas.[11]
Technical details [ edit ]
PSLV-C50 second stage with Vikas engine
The engine uses up about 40 metric tons of UDMH as fuel and Nitrogen tetroxide (N 2 O 4 gimballing .
For launches from 2018 a 6% increased thrust version of the Vikas engine was developed. It was demonstrated on 29 March 2018 in the GSAT 6A launch second stage. It will be used for the four Vikas engines first stage boosters on future missions.[12]
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References [ edit ]
^ a b c PSLV Launch Vehicle Information Space Flight 101 24 December 2014
^ "With eye on lunar mission, ISRO to test high-thrust Vikas engine" . Retrieved 21 May 2022 .
^ M Ramesh (18 December 2014). "Godrej Aerospace to make semi-cryogenic engines" . The Hindu Business Line .
^ Narayanan, Nambi; Ram, Arun (2018). Ready To Fire: How India and I Survived the ISRO Spy Case ISBN 978-93-86826-27-5
^ "ISRO tests Vikas engine" . The Hindu the original on 23 March 2014. Retrieved 11 December 2012 .
^ K.S. Jayaraman (2 August 2009). "Unsung hero of moon mission is sad but forgiving" . Thaindian.com. IANS. Archived from the original on 10 January 2018. Retrieved 11 December 2012 .
^ Sutton, George Paul (2006). History of Liquid Propellant Rocket Engines ISBN 9781563476495
^ Sutton, George Paul (2006). History of Liquid Propellant Rocket Engines ISBN 9781563476495
^ Muthunayagam, A.E (10 December 2015). Rao, P.V. Manoranjan (ed.). From Fishing Hamlet to Red Planet: India's Space Journey ISBN 978-93-5177-690-1
^ Clark, Stephen (29 March 2018). "India tests upgraded engine tech in successful communications satellite launch" . Spaceflight Now. Retrieved 30 March 2018 .
^ Brügge, Norbert. "India's VIKAS engines and its relationship to the European Viking engines" . B14643 Internet Presentation to Space Launch Vehicles . Norbert Brügge. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 11 December 2015 .
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