PSLV's Vikas Engine: An unfailing tribute to Dr Vikram A Sarabhai
India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) rocket, is undoubtedly among the most successful and consistent rockets in the world among the sub-1.5ton payload to Low-earth orbit or polar orbits. But one lesser-known facet beyond the enviable success rate of this rocket is its second-stage engine - Vikas.
Aug 12, 2020, 21:59 PM IST
Visionary, scientist, industrialist, institution builder: Remembering Vikram Sarabhai on his 101st birth anniversary eve
“I pay more than Rs 4 crore in taxes, you can assume that my money, paid as tax, is being used for the space programme,” Dr Vikram Sarabhai, among India’s top scientists, institution-builders and industrialists had reportedly said, half-jokingly in the 1960s. This was during the initial phases of discussion pertaining to the budget of the Indian Space Programme.
Aug 11, 2020, 20:14 PM IST
