A historic moment in Indian space travel, the successful launch of the Agniban rocket, is known for its specialness

Thursday is a historic day for the Indian space mission. Chennai-based space company Agnikul Cosmos has successfully test-fired its self-made 3D-printed semi-cryogenic rocket Agnipan from its launch pad in Sriharikota. With this, it became the second private company in India. After failing four times, the test was conducted on Thursday without live coverage. At this time, very few people were present at the Sriharikota launch pad located at ISRO's Satish Dhawan Space Centre. On this occasion ISRO congratulated Agnicool Cosmos. Sharing a post on Twitter, ISRO said, 'Congratulations Agnikul Cosmos on the successful launch of Agnibaan SoRTed-01 mission from the launch pad. This is a major achievement as controlled testing of a semi-cryogenic fluid engine has been made possible through additive manufacturing for the first time. Not accepting defeat, succeeds in fifth attempt, Pawan Goenka, Chairman, Indian National Space Promotion and Accreditation Center (IN-SPAce), shared at X, 'I am very happy with the successful launch of Agnipan SOrTeD from Agnikul Cosmos. This is a historic moment for the Indian space industry. This achievement reflects the talent of our young innovators. Since March 22, this is the fifth successful attempt by Agnicool to launch the Agnipan Sub-Orbital Technology Demonstrator (SORTED). Congratulations to @AgnikulCosmos on the successful launch of Agnipan SoRTed-01 mission from their launch pad. This is a major milestone as the first controlled flight of the Sami cryogenic liquid engine will carry a payload of 300 kg to an orbit of about 700 km. The rocket uses a semi-cryogenic engine with a mixture of liquid and gaseous propellants. This is a technology that ISRO has never used in any rocket before. The SOrTeD mission is a single-stage launch rocket demonstration. It is powered by a semi-cryogenic engine igniter. Agnilet is an indigenously developed sub-cooled liquid oxygen based propulsion system. The start-up company has equipped the vehicle with an Ethernet-based avionics architecture and indigenously developed autopilot software for the first time. Four carbon composite fins are installed to provide passive control in the vehicle powered by sub-cooled liquid oxygen (LOX) and aircraft turbine fuel (ATF). The Agnilet engine is the world's first single-piece 3D-printed semi-cryogenic rocket engine. This mission takes only two minutes from launch to splash down ie return.