• • Launch Date: 24 August 2024
  • Developers: Chennai-based startup Space Zone India in collaboration with Martin Group
  • Launch Site: Thiruvidandhai, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
• Significance:

• • • World’s first mobile hybrid rocket and India’s first reusable hybrid rocket.
    • Expected to improve efficiency and reduce the operational cost of rocket launches, enhancing accessibility to space exploration.
  • Launch Method: Mobile launcher (like a special truck)
• Payloads:

• • • Launched three CubeSats and 50 PICO satellites into a suborbital trajectory.
    • Satellites will gather data on global warming and climate change.
• Flight Details:

• • Flew to an altitude of 35 km.
  • Returned to Earth after conducting experiments within seconds.

• Hybrid Rocket:
  • • Combines characteristics of solid-fueled and liquid-fueled rockets.
    • Uses solid fuel as propellant and liquid/gaseous oxidiser for combustion.
    • Both propellants are inert and only combust in the combustion chamber.
• Safety and Technology:

• • Equipped with a generic-fuel-based hybrid motor.
  • Features an electrically triggered parachute deployer.
  • 100% pyrotechnic-free and contains 0% TNT.

About Space Zone India

• • Type: Private aero-technology company
• Focus:

• • Developing low-cost, long-term solutions for the space industry.
  • Education and outreach with hands-on training in aerodynamic principles, satellite, drone, and rocket technology.
• Headquarters: Chennai, Tamil Nadu
• Chairman: K Megalingam