The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on 19
February 2016 successfully tested high-thrust cryogenic engine CE-20 at its
Propulsion Research Centre in Mahendragiri, Tamil Nadu.
The successful hotbed test lasted 640 seconds and paved the
way for the first developmental flight of the GSLV Mark 3 in December 2016.
The GSLV Mark 3, the biggest rocket made in India, will be
capable of launching 4-tonne satellites into geosynchronous orbit.
So far India's GSLVs were being powered by cryogenic engines
given by Russia. But this development marks a milestone in the country's effort
to develop a big cryogenic engine to fly satellites of up to five tonnes.
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