ISRO RLV(Reusable launch vehicle).. 🚀🚀

RLV-TD is India's first uncrewed flying testbed developed for the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)'s Reusable Launch Vehicle Technology Demonstration Programme. It is a scaled down prototype of an eventual two-stage-to-orbit (TSTO) reusable launch vehicle. 

                        RLV-TD

Function:

Technology demonstration vehicle

Manufacturer:

ISRO

Country of origin:

India

Size Height :

16 m (52 ft)[1] (Length: 6.5 m (21 ft) (Orbiter))

Diameter:

1 m (3 ft 3 in)

Mass:

12 tonnes (Orbiter 1.75 tonnes)

Stage:

2[1]

Launch history Status:

Testing prototypes 

Launch sites :

Satish Dhawan Space Centre

First flight

01:30 UTC, 23 May 2016 ...... 🚀🚀🚀🚀

Now the update about RLV is 

ISRO will do the Landing Experiment(LEX) with the RLV in Nov/Dec 2020.

#RLV will be lifted up by a #MI17 helo & released from height of 4 km.

RLV will land on its own in a military airfield in Chitradurga District deploying its parachute.

       The Indian space agency is likely to test its reusable launch vehicle's (RLV) landing on the ground sometime in November or December. 

 This how the space shuttle is.... 🚀✈