The two-stage, all-liquid small satellite launch vehicle will be capable of placing payload of 500 kg in low-Earth orbit.
Published Dec 12, 2022 | 5:00 PM ⚊ Updated Dec 12, 2022 | 5:00 PM
Both parties have entered into a framework MoU for various requirements, including avionics, sub-systems testing, facilitation of launch. Representative image. (Creative Commons)
Hyderabad-based MTAR Technologies on Monday, 12 December, announced that it has signed a pact with IN-SPACe India for the design and development of a two-stage, all-liquid small satellite launch vehicle to place payloads in low-Earth orbit.
“MTAR has signed an MoU (memorandum of understanding) with the Indian National Space Promotion and Authorization Centre (IN-SPACe) for design and development of the small satellite launch vehicle powered by semi-cryogenic technology, with a payload capacity of 500 kilogram,” a company statement said.
Both the parties have entered into a framework MoU for various requirements, including avionics, sub-systems testing, and facilitation of launch, and any other requirements that might emerge during the course of the design, development and launch phase. The MoU shall remain in force for three years.
“MTAR has consistently embraced innovation to indigenise new technologies for India. Now, the company is taking a leap forward to graduate from precision engineering to complete system integration by initiating the development of (the launch vehicle) to address a payload of 500 kg in low-Earth orbit. The company has adopted an all-liquid route to leverage more than three decades of expertise in manufacturing liquid propulsion engines,” said Parvat Srinivas Reddy, managing director of MTAR Technologies Ltd.
MTAR has seven strategically-based manufacturing units, including an export-oriented unit, each based in Hyderabad, Telangana. It caters to civil nuclear power, space, defence and clean energy sectors. The company has a long-standing relationship of over four decades with leading Indian organisations and global OEMs.
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