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RRCAT
The Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology is a unit of the Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India, engaged in research and development (R&D) in non-nuclear front-line research areas of lasers, particle accelerators and related technologies. History On 19 February 1984 the then President of India, Gyani Zail Singh, laid the foundation stone of the centre. Construction of laboratories and houses began in May 1984. In June 1986, the first batch of scientists from the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai, moved to RRCAT and scientific activities were started. Since then, the centre has rapidly grown into a premier institute for research and development in lasers, accelerators and their applications. Originally called the Centre for Advanced Technology, it was renamed by the Indian Prime Minister in December 2005 as Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology, after noted Indian physicist Raja Ramanna. Location The centre is situated at the south-western e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Next Generation Launch Vehicle
The Next Generation Launch Vehicle (NGLV) is a family of three-stage Reusable launch vehicle#Partially reusable launch systems, partially reusable Medium-lift launch vehicle, medium to super heavy-lift launch vehicle, currently under development by the ISRO, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). The family of these vehicles are designed to replace currently operational systems like the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, PSLV and Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle, GSLV. Previously referred to as Unified Launch Vehicle (ULV), the project is now being called as project Soorya. This family of three launchers were previously being designed for replacing the different core propulsion modules of PSLV, GSLV, and LVM3 respectively with a common semi-cryogenic engine and hence it was named as ULV. Unlike the latest proposal of the launcher, the initial proposals were planned to be Expendable launch system, expendable. But the new proposals under the name of NGLV suggests launcher ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
