High-thrust Vikas engine for the Gaganyaan programme has successfully undergone qualification test for a duration of 25 seconds at Indian Space Research Organisation Propulsion Complex in Mahendragiri, Tamil Nadu. With regard to the Vikas engine qualification for the Gaganyaan Programme, two engines have already undergone tests under nominal operating conditions for a total duration of 480 seconds, the Bengaluru-headquartered space agency noted in a statement.
Sterlite Copper’s oxygen plant to resume oxygen generation shortly, says Minister
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May 17, 2021 17:12 IST
The technical snag in the plant’s ‘Cold Box’ had been rectified and the preliminary steps for heating-up of the plant had already started, Minister for Industries Thangam Thennarasu said
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The technical snag in the plant’s ‘Cold Box’ had been rectified and the preliminary steps for heating-up of the plant had already started, Minister for Industries Thangam Thennarasu said
Generation of oxygen in Sterlite Copper’s oxygen plant, where production of the life-saving gas remains hit since last Thursday night following an unexpected technical glitch, “will resume shortly”, Minister for Industries Thangam Thennarasu has said.
Collector meets IPRC officials for oxygen
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With the demand for oxygen to save the lives of patients battling with COVID-19 in the Tirunelveli Medical College Hospital is mounting every day, Collector V. Vishnu had a meeting with the top-brass of Indian Space Research Organisation’s Propulsion Research Complex (IPRC) at Mahendragiri on Wednesday to explore the possibilities of increasing the supply of the life-saving gas. As the IPRC has become a savior of the critically ill COVID-19 patients by supplying oxygen to the government medical college hospitals in Tirunelveli, Thoothukudi and Aasaaripallam in Nagercoil, Mr. Vishnu met the officials of IPRC on Wednesday.