MRINAL

Feb. 28, 2019

Scientists of the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) celebrated the 50th anniversary of the successful flight-test of ‘Mrinal.

About: 

  • Mrinal was the Indian space programme's first composite solid propellant for launch vehicles. 

  • The propellant was launched from Thumba aboard an RH-75 sounding rocket on February 21, 1969 by members of the Propellant Engineering Division (PED) of the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC). 

  • It was named after Mrinalini Sarabhai (an Indian classical dancer and wife of the Indian physicist Vikram Sarabhai). 

Source : The Hindu

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