It’s India’s decade in aviation’

BENGALURU: India’s capability of building state -of- the art fighter planes and rockets would be put to test in the New Year.Scientists are confident of propelling the country’s aerospace industry into a new orbit in the coming decade.



Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will hurl a rocket with an indigenous cryogenic engine that can put communication satellites of four tonnes and above into orbit.



The satellite- GSAT-4 itself would test new technologies that India plans in its space programme in the coming decades. ISRO has so far been using Russian-made engine on its Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle or GSLV, to put large satellites into space.


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