RLV-LEX autonomous landing demonstration campaign
ISRO’s LEX campaign demonstrated the terminal approach and runway landing of a reusable winged vehicle through three helicopter-release tests at Chitradurga. LEX-01 on 2 April 2023 established autonomous high-speed landing. LEX-02 on 22 March 2024 added off-nominal release conditions, while LEX-03 on 23 June 2024 expanded cross-range and wind challenges. Reuse of the same flight hardware across the series demonstrated repeatable recovery and flight-system robustness.
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- RLV-LEXRLV LEX landing experimentsPushpak LEX campaign
- Name
- RLV-LEX autonomous landing demonstration campaign
- Status
- completed
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- Description
- ISRO’s LEX campaign demonstrated the terminal approach and runway landing of a reusable winged vehicle through three helicopter-release tests at Chitradurga. LEX-01 on 2 April 2023 established autonomous high-speed landing. LEX-02 on 22 March 2024 added off-nominal release conditions, while LEX-03 on 23 June 2024 expanded cross-range and wind challenges. Reuse of the same flight hardware across the series demonstrated repeatable recovery and flight-system robustness.
- End Date
- 2024-06-23
- Landing Facility
- Outcome
- Three successful autonomous runway landings with progressively demanding release conditions and reused flight hardware.
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- Start Date
- 2023-04-02
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- Creation Time
- October 29, 2026 at 15:43:15 UTC
- Updated Time
- October 29, 2026 at 15:43:15 UTC
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