Indian space startup fires world’s first fully 3D printed rocket engine as others play catch up
Indian space startup fires world’s first fully 3D printed rocket engine as others play catch up
Prabhjote GillFeb 9, 2021, 12:44 IST
Agnikul Cosmos successfully test fires the world s first fully 3D printed rocket engineAgnikul Cosmos/BI India
Indian space startup Agnikul Cosmos has become the world’s first company to successfully test a fully 3D printed
rocket engine.
It only takes four days to produce and can carry payloads of upto 100 kilos into lower earth orbit (LEO).
While the first company to be successful in such an endeavour, there are others who are fast catching up and realise the value of 3D printed engines versus conventional assembly.Rocket engines are tough to build, and they’re even tougher to 3D print because all the details have to be ‘just right’ for the rocket to work successfully. But, an Indian space startup based out of Chennai has pulled off this
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According to the company, Agnilet was designed to encapsulate all of these into just one piece of hardware. So, this automates the making of an entire engine.
Rocket engines are usually comprised of hundreds of parts that serve various purposes.
Chennai: Indian Space start-up Agnikul Cosmos has announced the successful test-firing of their semi-cryogenic rocket engine, which has been fully manufactured, as a single piece, using 3-D printing technology. Agnikul’s semi-cryogenic engine, called Agnilet, would be fulled by rocket-grade kerosene and uses liquid oxygen (stored at -183 degrees celsius) as an oxidizer.
Rocket engines are usually comprised of hundreds of parts that serve various purposes, but according to the company, Agnilet was designed to encapsulate all of these into just one piece of hardware. So, this automates the making of an entire engine.
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