Agnibaan SoRTed-01
Leader Online Desk: Space startup Agnikul Cosmos successfully launched the Agniban (Suborbital Tech Demonstrator) SORTED-01 mission today (May 30) from the launch pad at Sriharikota. Successful launch of SOrTeD (Suborbital Technological Demonstrator) Agniban mission with Agnilet engine. ISRO congratulated Agnikul Cosmos (Agnibaan SoRTed-01) on its achievement and called the launch a 'milestone milestone'.
Agnikul Cosmos successfully launched the first Agniban SoRTed-01 mission from its launch pad. The 'Agnilet Engine' used in this is the world's first single-piece 3D-printed semi-cryogenic rocket engine (Agnibaan SoRTed-01).
Agnibaan SoRTed-01: About 'Agnikul Cosmos'…
Agnikul Cosmos Private Limited is an Indian aerospace manufacturing company. G is located in the National Center for Combustion R&D at IIT Madras, Chennai.
Humbled to announce the successful completion of our first flight – Mission 01 of Agnibaan SOrTeD – from our own and India's first & only private Launchpad within SDSC-SHAR at Sriharikota. All the mission objectives of this controlled vertical ascent flight were met and… pic.twitter.com/9icDOWjdVC
— AgniKul Cosmos (@AgnikulCosmos) May 30, 2024
Congratulations to the company from PM Narendra Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has praised space startup Agnikul Cosmos Company for the successful launch of the Agnibaan mission. PM Modi said, “Congratulations to Agnikul Cosmos for the successful launch of the Agniban Sorted-01 mission from the launch pad. This engine test is supported by Agnikul's own data acquisition system and flight computers, which were designed 100 percent in-house. In addition, the test also proves the capability of the SOrTeD vehicle's entire avionics chain to control the vehicle's entire propulsion system. Capable of carrying 300 kilograms to approximately 700 km altitude, the Agniban can reach both low and high orbits and is fully maneuverable. It is designed to reach more than 10 launch ports.
