ISRO successfully tests its heaviest rocket engine on the ground

India's premiere space agency, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully tested its home made cryogenic rocket engine on the ground.

• The rocket engine is capable of carrying four tonne of communication satellites at once and will power the heaviest rocket GSLV MK-III.

• The test was carried out at propulsion complex of ISRO at Mahendragiri, Tamil Nadu.

• The rocket engine burnt for over 13 minutes which is four times more than the required time to launch a satellite in space.

• Currently, India uses rockets of European space agency to hurl its communication satellites.

• The credit for making of these high performance engines can be attributed to Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre (LPSC) which mainly develops the liquid propulsion systems for ISRO.

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