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	The vehicle was tracked during its flight from ground stations at Sriharikota and a shipborne terminal. The total flight duration from launch to [[splashdown]] lasted about 773.6 seconds.<ref>{{Cite journal\|last1=Yadav\|first1=Sandeep\|last2=Jayakumar\|first2=M.\|last3=Nizin\|first3=Aziya\|last4=Kesavabrahmaji\|first4=K.\|last5=Shyam Mohan\|first5=N.\|title=Final Phase Flight Performance and Touchdown Time Assessment of TDV in RLV-TD HEX-01 Mission\|url=https://doi.org/10.1007/s40032-017-0403-9\|journal=Journal of the Institution of Engineers (India): Series C\|language=en\|volume=98\|issue=6\|pages=679–688\|doi=10.1007/s40032-017-0403-9\|bibcode=2017JIEIC..98..679Y\|s2cid=115904439\|issn=2250-0553}}</ref> The unit was not planned to be recovered.<ref name="India's Reusable Launch Vehicle Successfully Flight Tested">{{cite news\| title=India's Reusable Launch Vehicle Successfully Flight Tested\| publisher=[[ISRO]] website\| access-date=23 May 2016\| url=http://www.isro.gov.in/update/23-may-2016/india%E2%80%99s-reusable-launch-vehicle-technology-demonstrator-rlv-td-successfully\| archive-date=14 September 2016\| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160914011950/http://www.isro.gov.in/update/23-may-2016/india%E2%80%99s-reusable-launch-vehicle-technology-demonstrator-rlv-td-successfully\| url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\| title=ISRO successfully launches Indias first ever indigenous space shuttle\| publisher=[[The Economic Times]]\| access-date=24 May 2016\| url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/science/isro-successfully-launches-indias-first-ever-indigenous-space-shuttle/articleshow/52393846.cms}}</ref> ISRO plans to construct an airstrip greater than ~~4km~~ long in [[Sriharikota]] island in the "near future". Critical technologies such as autonomous navigation, guidance & control, reusable thermal protection system, and descent mission management were validated in this flight.<ref name="Indian Express">{{cite web \|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/ISRO-Gears-up-for-6-Major-Missions-This-Year/2015/05/30/article2839810.ece\| title=ISRO Gears up for 6 Major Missions This Year\| work=Express News Service }}</ref>		The vehicle was tracked during its flight from ground stations at Sriharikota and a shipborne terminal. The total flight duration from launch to [[splashdown]] lasted about 773.6 seconds.<ref>{{Cite journal\|last1=Yadav\|first1=Sandeep\|last2=Jayakumar\|first2=M.\|last3=Nizin\|first3=Aziya\|last4=Kesavabrahmaji\|first4=K.\|last5=Shyam Mohan\|first5=N.\|title=Final Phase Flight Performance and Touchdown Time Assessment of TDV in RLV-TD HEX-01 Mission\|url=https://doi.org/10.1007/s40032-017-0403-9\|journal=Journal of the Institution of Engineers (India): Series C\|language=en\|volume=98\|issue=6\|pages=679–688\|doi=10.1007/s40032-017-0403-9\|bibcode=2017JIEIC..98..679Y\|s2cid=115904439\|issn=2250-0553}}</ref> The unit was not planned to be recovered.<ref name="India's Reusable Launch Vehicle Successfully Flight Tested">{{cite news\| title=India's Reusable Launch Vehicle Successfully Flight Tested\| publisher=[[ISRO]] website\| access-date=23 May 2016\| url=http://www.isro.gov.in/update/23-may-2016/india%E2%80%99s-reusable-launch-vehicle-technology-demonstrator-rlv-td-successfully\| archive-date=14 September 2016\| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160914011950/http://www.isro.gov.in/update/23-may-2016/india%E2%80%99s-reusable-launch-vehicle-technology-demonstrator-rlv-td-successfully\| url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\| title=ISRO successfully launches Indias first ever indigenous space shuttle\| publisher=[[The Economic Times]]\| access-date=24 May 2016\| url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/science/isro-successfully-launches-indias-first-ever-indigenous-space-shuttle/articleshow/52393846.cms}}</ref> ISRO plans to construct an airstrip greater than 4 km long in [[Sriharikota]] island in the "near future". Critical technologies such as autonomous navigation, guidance & control, reusable thermal protection system, and descent mission management were validated in this flight.<ref name="Indian Express">{{cite web \|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/ISRO-Gears-up-for-6-Major-Missions-This-Year/2015/05/30/article2839810.ece\| title=ISRO Gears up for 6 Major Missions This Year\| work=Express News Service }}</ref>

	===Landing Experiment===		===Landing Experiment===
	Reusable Launch Vehicle Landing Experiment was the second test flight in the [[RLV Technology Demonstration Programme]] following the Hypersonic Flight Experiment. The demonstration trials will pave the way for the [[two-stage-to-orbit]] (TSTO) fully re-usable launch vehicle. LEX was successfully conducted on 2 April 2023 at the [[Chitradurga Aeronautical Test Range]].<ref name='LEXlaunched'>{{cite news \|title="ISRO Reusable Launch Vehicles Landing Experiment Successful"\|url=https://m.timesofindia.com/india/isro-reusable-launch-vehicles-landing-experiment-successful-rlv-closer-to-orbital-re-entry-mission/amp_articleshow/99181950.cms}}</ref>		Reusable Launch Vehicle Landing Experiment was the second test flight in the RLV Technology Demonstration Programme following the Hypersonic Flight Experiment. The demonstration trials will pave the way for the [[two-stage-to-orbit]] (TSTO) fully re-usable launch vehicle. LEX was successfully conducted on 2 April 2023 at the [[Chitradurga Aeronautical Test Range]].<ref name='LEXlaunched'>{{cite news \|title="ISRO Reusable Launch Vehicles Landing Experiment Successful"\|url=https://m.timesofindia.com/india/isro-reusable-launch-vehicles-landing-experiment-successful-rlv-closer-to-orbital-re-entry-mission/amp_articleshow/99181950.cms}}</ref>

	LEX was the second test flight of the reusable launch vehicle which was developed by India. The test flight objectives included:<ref name="isro_press_release">{{cite web \| url=https://www.isro.gov.in/Reusable_launch_vehicle_autonomous_landing_mission.html\| title=ISRO successfully conducts the Reusable Launch Vehicle Autonomous Landing Mission (RLV LEX) \| publisher=isro.gov.in \| work=Indian Space Research Organisation \| date=April 2, 2023 \| access-date=April 2, 2023}}</ref>		LEX was the second test flight of the reusable launch vehicle which was developed by India. The test flight objectives included:<ref name="isro_press_release">{{cite web \| url=https://www.isro.gov.in/Reusable_launch_vehicle_autonomous_landing_mission.html\| title=ISRO successfully conducts the Reusable Launch Vehicle Autonomous Landing Mission (RLV LEX) \| publisher=isro.gov.in \| work=Indian Space Research Organisation \| date=April 2, 2023 \| access-date=April 2, 2023}}</ref>
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{{Infobox space programme
| name = RLV Technology Demonstration Programme
|image = RLV-TD HEX01, TDV being hoisted.jpg
|caption = Technology Development Vehicle (TDV) for RLV Programme
|image_size = 350px
| country = [[India]]
| organization = [[ISRO]]
| programme = y
| duration = 2016–present
| firstflight = 01:30 UTC, 23 May 2016 <ref name='HEXlaunched'>{{cite news |title=India's First-Ever Indigenous Space Shuttle RLV-TD Launched Successfully|url=http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/india-all-set-to-launch-its-own-space-shuttle-today-1408943}}</ref>
| successes = 2
| launchsite = {{bullet list | [[Satish Dhawan Space Centre]] | [[Chitradurga Aeronautical Test Range]] (Landing) }}
| launcher = [[RLV-TD]]
| organisation = Indian Space Research Organisation
}}

'''Reusable Launch Vehicle–Technology Demonstration Programme''' is a series of [[technology demonstration]] missions that has been conceived by the [[Indian Space Research Organisation]] (ISRO) as a first step towards realising a [[Two Stage To Orbit]] (TSTO) re-usable launch vehicle.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.spaceflightinsider.com/organizations/isro/indian-space-research-organisation-to-test-its-reusable-rlv-spacecraft/ |title=Indian Space Research Organisation to test its reusable RLV spacecraft| work=SpaceFlight Insider}}</ref>

For this purpose, a winged [[Reusable launch system|reusable launch vehicle]] technology demonstrator ([[RLV-TD]]) has been configured. The RLV-TD acted as a flying test bed to evaluate various technologies like powered cruise flight, [[hypersonic flight]], and autonomous landing using air-breathing propulsion. Application of these technologies would bring down the launch cost by a factor of 10.<ref name="Presentation">{{cite web |url=http://www.livemint.com/Politics/T25O2kOeVcOL2vRfml0baK/Isros-small-steps-towards-developing-its-own-reusable-rocke.html |title=Tuesday, December 22, Isro's small steps towards developing its own reusable rocket [Reusable Launch Vehicle (RLV)] program |work=LIVE MINT, IN |access-date=2015-12-23 }}</ref> This project has no connection with the [[Avatar (spacecraft)|Avatar]] spaceplane concept by India's [[Defence Research and Development Organisation]].<ref name="Avatar is DRDO">{{cite web |url=http://dos.gov.in/sites/default/files/USQ251.pdf |title=Government of India Department of Space |access-date=2016-04-27 |quote=Feasibility study of project "AVATAR)" has been done by a group of scientists in DRDO. ISRO has no connection with the project. |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160805065726/http://dos.gov.in/sites/default/files/USQ251.pdf |archive-date=August 5, 2016 }}</ref>

== History ==

In 2006 the [[Indian Space Research Organisation]] performed a series of ground tests to demonstrate stable supersonic combustion for nearly 7 seconds with an inlet Mach number of 6.<ref>{{Cite web| title = Welcome to Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre - ISRO_Supersonic Combustion Tech| url = http://www.vssc.gov.in/VSSC_V4/index.php/2006/79-press-release-articles/631-isro-supersonic-combustion-tech| access-date = 2015-12-23}}</ref>

In March 2010, ISRO conducted the flight testing of its new sounding rocket: Advanced Technology Vehicle (ATV-D01), weighing 3 tonnes at lift-off, a diameter of {{convert|.56|m|abbr=on}}, and a length of ~{{convert|10|m|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{Cite web| url = http://www.ias.ac.in/public/Resources/meetings/annmeet/73am_talks/bnsuresh/img12.html| title = "Space Transportation Systems: What the future beholds" by Dr. B N Suresh| date = 2 November 2007}}</ref> It carried a passive scramjet engine combustor module as a test-bed for demonstration of air-breathing propulsion technology.<ref>{{Cite web| title = Successful flight testing of advanced sounding rocket - ISRO| url = http://www.isro.gov.in/update/03-mar-2010/successful-flight-testing-of-advanced-sounding-rocket| website = www.isro.gov.in| access-date = 2015-12-06}}</ref>

In January 2012, ISRO announced that a scaled prototype, called '''Reusable Launch Vehicle-Technology Demonstrator''' ('''[[RLV-TD]]'''), was approved to be built and tested.<ref name="Design Approval">{{cite news |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/report-isro-s-design-of-reusable-launch-vehicle-approved-1633779/ |title=ISRO's design of reusable launch vehicle approved}}</ref> The aerodynamics characterization on the RLV-TD prototype was done by [[National Aerospace Laboratories]] in India. The RLV-TD is in the last stages of construction by a Hyderabad-based private company called CIM Technologies.

By May 2015, engineers at the [[Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre]] (VSSC) in [[Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station]] were installing thermal tiles on the outer surface of the RLV-TD to protect it against the intense heat during [[Atmospheric entry|atmospheric reentry]].<ref name="FinalTouches2015">{{cite news |title=Navigation satellite system by March|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Thiruvananthapuram/navigation-satellite-system-by-march/article7821248.ece}}</ref> This prototype weighs around 1.5 tonnes and flew to an altitude of 65 km<ref name="FinalTouches2015"/> mounted on top of an expendable solid booster HS9.<ref name="MVD">{{Cite web|title = Modeling &Control of Launch Vehicles|url = http://www.sc.iitb.ac.in/~pdsc2014/MVD_talk.pdf|website = www.sc.iitb.ac.in}}</ref><ref name="Brahmand 2010">{{cite web |url=http://www.brahmand.com/news/Reusable-Launch-Vehicles-%EF%BF%BD-The-future-of-space-missions/5595/3/15.html |title=Reusable Launch Vehicles |work=Brahmand.com |access-date=2014-10-22 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141101073815/http://www.brahmand.com/news/Reusable-Launch-Vehicles-%EF%BF%BD-The-future-of-space-missions/5595/3/15.html |archive-date=November 1, 2014 }}</ref>

On August 28, 2016, ISRO successfully tested its scramjet engine on second developmental flight of its Advanced Technology Vehicle ATV-D02 from the [[Satish Dhawan Space Centre]] for 28 August 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.isro.gov.in/update/28-aug-2016/successful-flight-testing-of-isros-scramjet-engine-technology-demonstrator|title=Successful Flight Testing of ISRO's Scramjet Engine Technology Demonstrator}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Indian rockets to soon use atmospheric oxygen as fuel|url = http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/indian-rockets-to-soon-use-atmospheric-oxygen-as-fuel/article441392.ece}}</ref> The scramjet engine will be integrated to the RLV at a later stage of development.<ref name='Nov 2015'>{{Cite news| title = ISRO set to test scramjet engine| url = http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/isro-set-to-test-scramjet-engine/article7926216.ece| newspaper = The Hindu |date = 2015-11-28| access-date = 2015-12-06| issn = 0971-751X |language = en-IN}}</ref>

== RLV TD Experiments ==
'''{{main article|RLV-TD}}'''

=== Hypersonic Flight Experiment ===
The Reusable Launch Vehicle Hypersonic Flight Experiment or '''RLV HEX''' was the first test flight in the RLV Technology Demonstration Programme. HEX was successfully conducted on 23 May 2016.<ref name='HEXlaunched' /><ref>[https://www.isro.gov.in/update/23-may-2016/india%E2%80%99s-reusable-launch-vehicle-technology-demonstrator-rlv-td-successfully India’s Reusable Launch Vehicle-Technology Demonstrator (RLV-TD), Successfully Flight Tested] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209034327/https://www.isro.gov.in/update/23-may-2016/india%E2%80%99s-reusable-launch-vehicle-technology-demonstrator-rlv-td-successfully }}. 23 May 2016. ISRO.</ref><ref name=RLV-TD-1>[https://www.isro.gov.in/launcher/rlv-td RLV-TD] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417233754/https://www.isro.gov.in/launcher/rlv-td }}. ISRO. 23 May 2016. Includes diagrams.</ref> RLV-TD consists of a fuselage (body), a nose cap, double delta wings and twin vertical rudders. It has active control surfaces called Elevons and Rudders.<ref name="RLV-TD-1" /> Apart from the twin rudders it is similar in shape and operation to a small Space Shuttle Orbiter. TDV uses 600 or so heat resistant silica tiles and Flexible External Insulation, nose-cap is made out Carbon-Carbon composite with SiC coating. The leading edges of twin rudders are Inconel-718, wing leading edges of 15CDV6.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kumar |first1=Kiran |title="Indigenous Development of Materials for Space Programme" |url=https://old.reddit.com/r/ISRO/comments/4grmoe/indigenous_development_of_materials_for_space/ |access-date=30 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=SILICA TILES AS A THERMAL PROTECTION FOR RLV-TD |url=http://www.aerojournalindia.com/2017%20contents/Abstract%20of%20VSSC%20Special%20Issue_2017/Abstract%20of%20M_R_A_R_G_C_V_M_M_P_R.pdf |access-date=30 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Current Science Volume 114 - Issue 01 |url=http://www.currentscience.ac.in/php/toc.php?vol=114&issue=01 |access-date=30 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The technology behind India's Reusable Launch Vehicle |url=https://www.spacetechasia.com/technology-behind-indias-reusable-launch-vehicle/ |access-date=30 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=A Deep Dive Into ISRO's Reusable Launch Vehicle Technology – Part I |url=http://delhidefencereview.com/2020/02/24/a-deep-dive-into-isros-reusable-launch-vehicle-technology-part-i/ |access-date=30 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=A Deep Dive Into ISRO's Reusable Launch Vehicle Technology – Part II |url=http://delhidefencereview.com/2020/05/04/a-deep-dive-into-isros-reusable-launch-vehicle-technology-part-ii/ |access-date=30 June 2020}}</ref>

HEX was the first test flight of a reusable launch vehicle developed by India. The test flight objectives included:<ref name="hindu.com">[https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/An-Indian-space-shuttle-takes-shape/article16607270.ece ''An Indian space shuttle takes shape'' 2009]</ref>
* Validating the aerodynamic design characteristics during [[hypersonic flight]]
* Characterize induced loads during the hypersonic descent through the atmosphere
* Assess the performance of the [[carbon fibre]] used in construction of the nose of the vehicle
* Demonstrate first stage separation sequencing

The vehicle was tracked during its flight from ground stations at Sriharikota and a shipborne terminal. The total flight duration from launch to [[splashdown]] lasted about 773.6 seconds.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Yadav|first1=Sandeep|last2=Jayakumar|first2=M.|last3=Nizin|first3=Aziya|last4=Kesavabrahmaji|first4=K.|last5=Shyam Mohan|first5=N.|title=Final Phase Flight Performance and Touchdown Time Assessment of TDV in RLV-TD HEX-01 Mission|url=https://doi.org/10.1007/s40032-017-0403-9|journal=Journal of the Institution of Engineers (India): Series C|language=en|volume=98|issue=6|pages=679–688|doi=10.1007/s40032-017-0403-9|bibcode=2017JIEIC..98..679Y|s2cid=115904439|issn=2250-0553}}</ref> The unit was not planned to be recovered.<ref name="India's Reusable Launch Vehicle Successfully Flight Tested">{{cite news| title=India's Reusable Launch Vehicle Successfully Flight Tested| publisher=[[ISRO]] website| access-date=23 May 2016| url=http://www.isro.gov.in/update/23-may-2016/india%E2%80%99s-reusable-launch-vehicle-technology-demonstrator-rlv-td-successfully| archive-date=14 September 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160914011950/http://www.isro.gov.in/update/23-may-2016/india%E2%80%99s-reusable-launch-vehicle-technology-demonstrator-rlv-td-successfully| url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| title=ISRO successfully launches Indias first ever indigenous space shuttle| publisher=[[The Economic Times]]| access-date=24 May 2016| url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/science/isro-successfully-launches-indias-first-ever-indigenous-space-shuttle/articleshow/52393846.cms}}</ref> ISRO plans to construct an airstrip greater than 4km long in [[Sriharikota]] island in the "near future". Critical technologies such as autonomous navigation, guidance & control, reusable thermal protection system, and descent mission management were validated in this flight.<ref name="Indian Express">{{cite web |url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/ISRO-Gears-up-for-6-Major-Missions-This-Year/2015/05/30/article2839810.ece| title=ISRO Gears up for 6 Major Missions This Year| work=Express News Service }}</ref>

===Landing Experiment===
Reusable Launch Vehicle Landing Experiment was the second test flight in the [[RLV Technology Demonstration Programme]] following the Hypersonic Flight Experiment. The demonstration trials will pave the way for the [[two-stage-to-orbit]] (TSTO) fully re-usable launch vehicle. LEX was successfully conducted on 2 April 2023 at the [[Chitradurga Aeronautical Test Range]].<ref name='LEXlaunched'>{{cite news |title="ISRO Reusable Launch Vehicles Landing Experiment Successful"|url=https://m.timesofindia.com/india/isro-reusable-launch-vehicles-landing-experiment-successful-rlv-closer-to-orbital-re-entry-mission/amp_articleshow/99181950.cms}}</ref>

LEX was the second test flight of the reusable launch vehicle which was developed by India. The test flight objectives included:<ref name="isro_press_release">{{cite web | url=https://www.isro.gov.in/Reusable_launch_vehicle_autonomous_landing_mission.html| title=ISRO successfully conducts the Reusable Launch Vehicle Autonomous Landing Mission (RLV LEX) | publisher=isro.gov.in | work=Indian Space Research Organisation | date=April 2, 2023 | access-date=April 2, 2023}}</ref>
* Simulating the exact conditions of a Space Re-entry vehicle's landing - high speed, unmanned, autonomous, precise landing from the same return path
* Validating the landing parameters such as the ground relative velocity, the sinking rate of landing gears and precise body rates as might experienced by a orbital re-entry space vehicle on its return path

After the successful completion of the mission, [[S. Somanath]], chairman of [[Indian Space Research Organization|ISRO]], said to the media that they are currently planning to conduct more such landing tests so as to check the readiness of software and hardware under different conditions. The next sequence of experiments which are planned to be conducted after Landing Experiment include Orbital Re-Entry Experiment (OREX) and the Scramjet propulsion experiment (SPEX).<ref>{{Cite news |title=Isro reusable launch vehicle’s landing experiment successful; RLV closer to orbital re-entry mission |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/isro-reusable-launch-vehicles-landing-experiment-successful-rlv-closer-to-orbital-re-entry-mission/articleshow/99181950.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2023-04-02 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>

=== Future ===
Two more [[RLV-TD]] flights are planned by ISRO: '''OREX''' (Orbital Return Flight Experiment) and '''SPEX''' (Scramjet Propulsion Experiment).<ref name="FinalTouches2015" /><ref>[http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/media/33219-5/IMG_0024.JPG Poster on the RLV-TD]</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.isro.gov.in/technology-development-programmes/reusable-launch-vehicle-technology-demonstration-program-rlv-td| title=Reusable Launch Vehicle - Technology Demonstration Program (RLV-TD) - ISRO| work=isro.gov.in}}</ref>

== Gallery ==

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==See also==

* [[Avatar (spacecraft)|Avatar]], an unrelated spaceplane concept by India's [[DRDO]]
* [[Space Rider]] a planned robotic spaceplane by ESA

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.isro.gov.in/technology-development-programmes/reusable-launch-vehicle-technology-demonstration-program-rlv-td Home page for RLV-TD at ISRO]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dzn5XaKYdJ8 RLV-TD test flight animation] at YouTube

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