Naiduniya Representative. At present, only light weight material can be carried in Chandrayaan and other space missions. The total weight of Chandrayaan-3 was only 3900 kg. In future, India will be able to send 30 thousand kg of weight into space. To develop this technology, a contract was signed between ISRO and Raja Ramanna Pragati Technology Center (RRCAT) Indore on Wednesday.

Preparations to send humans into space

It is worth noting that there are plans to send humans into space by the year 2040. In such a situation, this technology can prove to be very effective. Dr. V Narayan, Director of ISRO's Liquid Propulsion System Center (LPSC), said that a new generation launch vehicle named Surya is being built. It will be based on liquid oxygen and methane propulsion. A time period of 18 to 24 months has been set to develop the technology of its engine.

The technology will be developed at CAT. After this, the production of engines will be started. Currently, ISRO is able to make only two to three rockets per year, but at least 25 rocket engines will be used in the new launch vehicle and India will have to increase its capacity to make such engines.

The technology will be indigenous

The special thing is that this technology will be completely Indian. CAT Director Unmesh D. Malshe said that Laser Additive Manufacturing (LAM) technology is being used for the first time in the manufacture of the launch vehicle's engine. It will be seven to eight times bigger than the earlier launch vehicle. It will take eight years to physically prepare the complete engine.