ISRO Successfully Tests C25 Engine for GSLV Mark III rocket

ISRO Successfully Tests C25 Engine for GSLV Mark III rocket

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully conducted the final ground testing of its indigenously developed Cryogenic Upper Stage engine (C25) for GSLV Mark III rocket at ISRO’s Liquid Propulsion(संचालक शक्ति) Complex at Mahendragiri in Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu on

February 17, 2017. The ISRO Chairman AS Kiran Kumar informed(सूचित किया)  that the test was last in the series before going for an actual rocket launch. The engine will be put into use in April 2017. The C25 stage is the most powerful upper stage developed by ISRO and uses Liquid Oxygen and Liquid Hydrogen propellant combination. It will better serve the next generation GSLV rocket to launch 4-tonne class satellite in the Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO). ISRO Successfully Tests C25 Engine for GSLV Mark III rocketv. The completed rocket will take on board the GSAT-19 satellite, which is an experimental communication satellite.