ISRO Conducts Successful Rocket Engine Test for Chandrayaan-3 Mission

New Delhi: Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has successfully conducted the flight acceptance hot test of the CE-20 cryogenic engine. This engine will be part of the launch vehicle of the Chandrayaan-3 mission.

This test was conducted on February 24 at the High Altitude Test Facility of the ISRO Propulsion Complex at Mahendragiri in Tamil Nadu, informed ISRO.

“All the propulsion parameters during the test were found satisfactory and closely matched with predictions,” an ISRO statement said on Monday.

The cryogenic engine would be further integrated with the propellant tanks, stage structures, and associated fluid lines to realise the fully-integrated flight cryogenic stage, ISRO said.

Earlier this year, Chandrayaan-3 lander was successfully tested at UR Rao Satellite Centre in Bengaluru.

Chandrayaan-3 interplanetary mission has three major modules: the Chandrayaan-3 mission and a rover.

Chandrayaan-3 is a follow-on mission to Chandrayaan-2 to demonstrate end-to-end capability in safe landing and roving on the lunar surface. ISRO plans to launch the mission in June 2023.

It will be launched by Launch Vehicle Mark 3 (LVM3) from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh).