Function | Robotic reusable spaceplane |
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Country of origin | India |
Size | |
Mass | 25 t (55,000 lb) [1] |
Stages | 1 |
Capacity | |
Payload to low Earth orbit | |
Mass | 1,000 kg (2,200 lb) |
Launch history | |
Status | Concept study |
First stage | |
Powered by | turbo-ramjet, scramjet and cryogenic |
Propellant | LOX/LH2 |
Avatar (Sanskrit: अवतार, ISO: Avatāra; from "Aerobic Vehicle for Transatmospheric Hypersonic Aerospace TrAnspoRtation") is a concept study for a robotic single-stage reusable spaceplane capable of horizontal takeoff and landing, by India's Defence Research and Development Organisation. The mission concept is for low cost military and commercial satellite space launches.[2][1][3]
This spaceplane concept is unrelated to ISRO's RLV Technology Demonstration Programme (RLV-TD).[4]
Feasibility study of project "AVATAR)" has been done by a group of scientists in DRDO. ISRO has no connection with the project.