Today ISRO Indian Space Research Organisation successfully tested two indigenous scramjet engines at the the SDSC Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh at around 6.00 am. The on-flight test of 2 air-breathing engines was conducted successfully with ISRO’s Advanced Technology Vehicle (ATV), which is an advanced sounding rocket. The rocket weighed 3,277 kg during lift-off. As per ISRO official, The scramjet engines were ignited 55 seconds into the rocket’s flight. The engines were tested for 6 seconds. Scientists say that the scramjet technology effectively cuts down the cost of launching rockets by reducing its weight by more than half.
