<p>Hindustan Aeronautics Limited said on Thursday that it had delivered the first fully fourth-stage propellant tank of the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) to ISRO, the Indian Space Research Organisation. </p>.<p> The tank is the result of a wholly indigenous effort. <br /><br />“The effort has resulted in foreign exchange savings of Rs 1.2 crore”, said R K Tyagi, Chairman of HAL, in a press note. <br /><br />The propellant tank will carry 1.6 tonnes of liquid propellant Mono-Methyl Hydrazine as fuel and Mixed Oxides of Nitrogen as an oxidiser during the flight. <br /><br />Technical work<br /><br />The machining of all parts for this tank had been carried out at Hindustan Aeronautics. <br /><br />Welding work had been carried out at the Liquid Propulsion Centre of ISRO and Hindustan Aeronautics. <br /><br />The raw material is from Midhani and Bharat Heavy Plate and Vessels (BHPV). According to officials, the indigenised tank was completed with cooperation among four government agencies: Hindustan Aeronautics, BHPV, Midhani and ISRO. <br /></p>
<p>Hindustan Aeronautics Limited said on Thursday that it had delivered the first fully fourth-stage propellant tank of the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) to ISRO, the Indian Space Research Organisation. </p>.<p> The tank is the result of a wholly indigenous effort. <br /><br />“The effort has resulted in foreign exchange savings of Rs 1.2 crore”, said R K Tyagi, Chairman of HAL, in a press note. <br /><br />The propellant tank will carry 1.6 tonnes of liquid propellant Mono-Methyl Hydrazine as fuel and Mixed Oxides of Nitrogen as an oxidiser during the flight. <br /><br />Technical work<br /><br />The machining of all parts for this tank had been carried out at Hindustan Aeronautics. <br /><br />Welding work had been carried out at the Liquid Propulsion Centre of ISRO and Hindustan Aeronautics. <br /><br />The raw material is from Midhani and Bharat Heavy Plate and Vessels (BHPV). According to officials, the indigenised tank was completed with cooperation among four government agencies: Hindustan Aeronautics, BHPV, Midhani and ISRO. <br /></p>
