Building on the success of the RLV-LEX-01 mission, the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) has successfully completed the RLV-LEX-02 landing experiment. In order to land autonomously on the runway, the RLV-LEX-02 experiment required the vehicle to correct errors in both the downrange and cross-range directions.
Pushpak arrived at the runway on its own, made the required cross-range adjustments, and touched down exactly. The mission effectively replicated the approach and fast landing conditions of a returning spacecraft, thereby confirming the reliability of Isro’s in-house developed technology in navigation, control systems, landing gear, and deceleration systems.
The ISRO Inertial Systems Unit (IISU), the Liquid Propulsion System Centre (LPSC), and the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) completed the mission with assistance from a number of organisations.
As VSSC director S Unnikrishnan Nair noted, Isro was able to master terminal phase manoeuvring, landing, and energy management in a fully autonomous mode through this repeated success, which is a crucial step towards the future development of an RLV. Isro chairman S Somanath congratulated the team for the flawless execution.
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