Building rockets on home soil
Indian giant, Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) has delivered the first fully indigenous fourth stage propellant tank (PS4) of the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) to Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) recently. “The indigenisation effort has resulted in foreign exchange savings of Rs 1.2 crores”, explained Mr R.K. Tyagi, Chairman, HAL.
The PS4 tank is a part of the fourth stage of PSLV. It will carry 1.6 tonnes of liquid propellant Mono-Methyl Hydrazine (MMH) as fuel and Mixed Oxides of Nitrogen (MON-3) as oxidiser during the flight. The machining of all parts for this tank is carried out at HAL and the welding work is carried out at Liquid Propulsion Centre of ISRO and HAL. The raw material is from the companies Midhani and BHPV. According to HAL, the successful integration has been achieved due to the coordination amongst four government agencies HAL, BHPV, Midhani and ISRO.
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