India has just joined the space race to launch reusable spacecraft. The Indian Space Agency today launched a compact 7-meter spacecraft, which will be used by the country for further space tests and the development of reusable spacecraft.
As part of the first test launch, the Reusable Launch Vehicle unmanned spacecraft weighing 1.75 tons will fly at an altitude of 70 kilometers above the surface of the planet, and then return. Interestingly, this compact shuttle does not have to make a soft landing. The Indian agency replies that the received information about the landing speed and trajectory, as well as checking the possibility of an autonomous landing, will be much more important.
It should be noted that India has been preparing for this project for the past 5 years. According to the BBC news agency, $ 14 million was invested in program development. Its main task is to collect the necessary data to create a full-sized reusable spacecraft over the next 10 years.
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