Hypersonic Technology Demonstrator Vehicle (HSTDV). 6 times faster than words, the ultimate success of DRDO

 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Hypersonic Technology Demonstrator Vehicle (HSTDV).  Completed six times faster than sound.  Success was achieved by the Defense Research and Development Organization of India (DRDO). 🟨🟨🟨🟨

Hypersonic Technology Demonstrator Vehicle (HSTDV) Launch by DRDO

Odisha-  Name given, Hypersonic Technology Demonstrator Vehicle (HSTDV).  That vehicle is about six times faster than sound.  The Defense Research and Development Organization of India (DRDO) on Monday passed the final test of the unmanned aircraft.

 

DRDO successfully flight tests Hypersonic Technology Demonstrator Vehicle https://t.co/hvsE581Ang https://t.co/QejQapZ2nf pic.twitter.com/t6l7V189bO

— ADG (M&C) DPR (@SpokespersonMoD) September 7, 2020

 According to DRDO sources, the successful test of the hypersonic Scramjet propulsion system based aircraft was completed today.  At around 11:30 pm, HSTDV, used as a booster, launched a fire missile about 30 km above the ground from the APJ Abdul Kalam Testing Range (Wheeler Land) Center in Baleshwar, Odisha.

 D R D O Characteristics of missiles

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 According to DRDO sources, the unmanned aircraft is capable of launching long-range missiles.  It can reach 32 and a half kilometers in just 20 seconds. The missile can reach this height.  With the help of this unmanned aircraft it is possible to launch long-range missiles.  In addition, it has several civilian uses.  In the future, HSTDV will be used for low-cost satellite launches.

 As a result of successful testing of HSTDV, India is in the same position as the United States, Russia and China in hypersonic technology.  Although the aircraft was successfully tested last February, it was not officially announced by the DRDO with the aim of achieving its ultimate success.

The @DRDO_India has today successfully flight tested the Hypersonic Technology Demontrator Vehicle using the indigenously developed scramjet propulsion system. With this success, all critical technologies are now established to progress to the next phase.

— Rajnath Singh (@rajnathsingh) September 7, 2020

Prime Minister Narendra Modi sent his congratulatory message to DRDO scientists 

Congratulations to @DRDO_India for successful flight of the Hypersonic Test Demonstration Vehicle today. The scramjet engine developed by our scientists helped the flight achieve a speed 6 times the speed of sound! Very few countries have such capability today.

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) September 7, 2020

 Today, Defense Minister Rajnath Singh congratulated DRDO Chief Satish Reddy and his assistant scientists and tweeted, 

"My sincere congratulations to DRDO for this landmark achievement in fulfilling the Prime Minister's call for a self-reliant India."  India is proud of you. "In another tweet, he announced," The next level of progress towards technological advancement will continue. "