Indian startup tests 3D printed rocket engine

According to the company, the entire printing process took only four days.With the help of the engine, it is possible to deliver to the

low Earth orbit, which is located at an altitude of about 700 km above the Earth's surface, micro- and nanosatellites weighing up to 100 kg.

This whole engine, the Agnilet, is from beginning to endA single unit does not have any prefabricated parts. 

Srinath Ravichandran, co-founder and CEO of Agnikul

They note that usually rocket enginesconsist of hundreds of different parts that must be individually assembled. However, Agnilet, according to them, is universal in this sense: it has three component modules that can easily be combined into a single piece of equipment.

Their assembly is not difficult, and it takes little time to manufacture the engine.

The authors of the development have successfully tested and plan to improve the created design and printing process.

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