ISRO successfully tests large human-rated solid rocket booster for Gaganyaan mission

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The Indian Space Research Organisation on Friday successfully completed the static test of a human-rated solid rocket booster (HS200) for the Gaganyaan programme at SatishDhawan Space Centre (SDSC) in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. The HS200 is the human-rated version of the S200 rocket booster of satellite launch vehicle GSLV Mk III, popularly known as LVM3, the Bengaluru-headquartered space agency noted in a statement. The test was held at the SatishDhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, on Friday morning. Designed and developed by the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) in Thiruvananthapuram over two years, the HS200 booster is the ‘human-rated’ version of the S200 rocket boosters used on the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mk-III (GSLV Mk-III), also called the LVM3. During the test, about 700 parameters were monitored and the performance of all the systems was normal.

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