Raman Engine

Raman Engine is a Bipropellant Rocket engine manufactured by Skyroot Aerospace that will be used in its Vikram family of rockets.[1] It is named after Indian Nobel laureate Sir C.V. Raman.

Raman
Country of originIndia
StatusUnder Development
Hypergolic propellant

Description

It uses UDMH and NTO as its propellant which makes it a Hypergolic Engine.[2] Its injector plate is completely 3D printed. This engine will be used in a cluster of 4 in the Vikram 1 rocket which can produce a thrust of 3.4 kN each producing 850 N of thrust, which is low compared to many other rocket engines, but is required for precise orbit adjustments.[3][4]

Development and Testing
  • On 12 August 2020, Skyroot Aerospace successfully tested the engine for the first time.[5]

References
  1. "First Indian start-up firm Skyroot Aerospace to test fire rocket engine 'Raman': All you need to know". Jagranjosh.com. 2020-08-17. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
  2. Skyroot Aerospace: Raman Engine Test Fire, retrieved 2022-01-25
  3. "With ISRO assistance, India's Skyroot Aerospace aims maiden rocket launch by Dec-2021". WION. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
  4. Exclusive Details of Skyroot's Raman Engine, retrieved 2022-01-25
  5. Narasimhan, T. E. (2020-08-12). "Skyroot Aerospace first private company to test upper stage rocket engine". Business Standard India. Retrieved 2022-01-25.


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