<p>Bengaluru: A state-of-the-art Landing Gear Drop Test Facility was inaugurated by ISRO Chairman V Narayanan at Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) in Thiruvananthapuram.</p><p>The facility is geared towards the testing and qualification of the deployable Landing Gear system for ISRO’s winged body Reusable Launch Vehicle– Pushpak. ISRO is developing Pushpak with a deployable Landing Gear towards the RLV-Orbital Re-entry Experiment (RLV-OREX) mission. The Pushpak vehicle will be launched to orbit in an ascent vehicle and after a few orbits, Pushpak will re-enter the atmosphere and land on a runway using the deployable Landing Gear system.</p><p>The new test rig is capable of simulating landing velocities up to 360 km/hr (100 m/s) with adjustable wheel spin speeds up to 5000 rpm. It also allows simulation of various landing sink rates (up to 4.8 m/s). Different runway conditions such as asphalt, concrete, dry, wet and icy surfaces can also be simulated at the facility.</p>.From Isro Layout to Indiranagar, city overflows with uncollected garbage .<p>Various parameters experienced by the landing gear can be measured using a comprehensive sensor suite comprising accelerometers, high resolution displacement sensors such as LVDTs and LiDARs (Light Detection and Ranging) to sense the vertical motion, and tri-axial load cells and strain gauges to sense landing forces, strain and moments.</p><p>The facility also integrates multiple safety features, ensuring protection for both personnel and test articles. </p><p>VSSC Director Unikrishnan Nair, Director of Satish Dhawan Space Centre A Rajarajan, and Director of ISRO Inertial Systems Unit Padma Kumar ES were present at the inauguration event. </p>
<p>Bengaluru: A state-of-the-art Landing Gear Drop Test Facility was inaugurated by ISRO Chairman V Narayanan at Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) in Thiruvananthapuram.</p><p>The facility is geared towards the testing and qualification of the deployable Landing Gear system for ISRO’s winged body Reusable Launch Vehicle– Pushpak. ISRO is developing Pushpak with a deployable Landing Gear towards the RLV-Orbital Re-entry Experiment (RLV-OREX) mission. The Pushpak vehicle will be launched to orbit in an ascent vehicle and after a few orbits, Pushpak will re-enter the atmosphere and land on a runway using the deployable Landing Gear system.</p><p>The new test rig is capable of simulating landing velocities up to 360 km/hr (100 m/s) with adjustable wheel spin speeds up to 5000 rpm. It also allows simulation of various landing sink rates (up to 4.8 m/s). Different runway conditions such as asphalt, concrete, dry, wet and icy surfaces can also be simulated at the facility.</p>.From Isro Layout to Indiranagar, city overflows with uncollected garbage .<p>Various parameters experienced by the landing gear can be measured using a comprehensive sensor suite comprising accelerometers, high resolution displacement sensors such as LVDTs and LiDARs (Light Detection and Ranging) to sense the vertical motion, and tri-axial load cells and strain gauges to sense landing forces, strain and moments.</p><p>The facility also integrates multiple safety features, ensuring protection for both personnel and test articles. </p><p>VSSC Director Unikrishnan Nair, Director of Satish Dhawan Space Centre A Rajarajan, and Director of ISRO Inertial Systems Unit Padma Kumar ES were present at the inauguration event. </p>
