ISRO's RH200 Sounding Rocket Registers 200th Consecutive Successful Launch 

By  H.JanGra

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ISRO announced that RH200, the versatile sounding rocket of the Indian space agency, has registered its 200th consecutive successful launch 

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ISRO has termed it a "historic moment". It was witnessed by former President Ram Nath Kovind and ISRO chairman S Somanath 

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The successful flight of RH200 took off from the Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS).

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Campaigns such as EEJ, LMS, IMAP, MONEX, MIDAS and Sooryagrahan-2010 have been conducted using the sounding rocket platform for scientific exploration of the Earth's atmosphere 

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ISRO is all set to launch PSLV-C54/ EOS-06 mission with Oceansat-3 and eight nano satellites, including one from Bhutan, from the Sriharikota spaceport on November 26 

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The launch is scheduled at 11.56am on Saturday 

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ISRO announced that the payload capability of India's heaviest LVM3 rocket has been enhanced by up to 450kg with a successful engine test 

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CE20 cryogenic engine indigenously developed for Launch Vehicle Mark 3 (LVM3) was subjected to a successful hot test at an uprated thrust level of 21.8 tonnes for the first time on November 9 

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