ISRO Pushpak RLV-LEX landing-test configuration
Pushpak was the winged RLV landing-test configuration used for ISRO’s three LEX demonstrations in 2023 and 2024. Released from an Indian Air Force Chinook at about 4.5 km altitude, the unpowered vehicle autonomously approached a runway, landed at high speed and decelerated using a brake parachute, wheel brakes and nose-wheel steering. The same winged body and flight systems were reused through the series, with strengthened structure and landing gear for LEX-02 and no further modifications before LEX-03.
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- PushpakRLV-LEX vehiclePushpak landing demonstrator
- Family Name
- Reusable Launch Vehicle Technology Demonstrator
- Full Name
- ISRO Pushpak RLV-LEX landing-test configuration
- Roles
- researchexperimentaltechnology_demonstrator
- Status
- retired
- Type
- spaceplane
- Variant Name
- LEX Pushpak
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- Configuration
- glider
- Operating Modes
- land
- Description
- Pushpak was the winged RLV landing-test configuration used for ISRO’s three LEX demonstrations in 2023 and 2024. Released from an Indian Air Force Chinook at about 4.5 km altitude, the unpowered vehicle autonomously approached a runway, landed at high speed and decelerated using a brake parachute, wheel brakes and nose-wheel steering. The same winged body and flight systems were reused through the series, with strengthened structure and landing gear for LEX-02 and no further modifications before LEX-03.
- First Flight Year
- 2,023
- Last Flight Year
- 2,024
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- Creation Time
- October 29, 2026 at 15:43:10 UTC
- Updated Time
- October 29, 2026 at 15:43:10 UTC