Last week’s successful conduct of the Reusable Launch Vehicle Autonomous Landing Mission (RLV LX) is a significant achievement for Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). Working with its partners, ISRO succeeded in a precise landing experiment for a Reusable Launch Vehicle at the Aeronautical Test Range (ATR) in Chitradurga, Karnataka. It was part of ISRO’s efforts to develop RLVs, or space planes and shuttles that can travel to low earth orbits to deliver payloads and return for use again. Last week’s test was the second in a series of five tests. ISRO says the approach and landing manoeuvres were performed using its own systems, and autonomous landing was completed.
