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Skyroot Aerospace successfully tested ‘Dhawan-II’ on 31st March 2023, the upgraded version of 'Dhawan- I' India’s first privately developed Fully-Cryogenic rocket engine which was test fired in Nov'21. The engine which is completely 3D printed has undergone long duration endurance test for 200 seconds, a record for Skyroot, making it a major milestone for our Cryogenic program. The engine has been named in honour of eminent Indian Space scientist Dr. Satish Dhawan. Dhawan - II uses Liquid Natural Gas (more than 90% Methane) and Liquid Oxygen as cryogenic propellants, which are high-performance, low-cost, and green. This engine has a vacuum thrust of around at total area ratio and will be used in the upper stage of our orbital vehicle Vikram-2. The mobile test stand was indigenously developed by Skyroot and test firing was conducted in one of its kind facility of our partner Solar Industries at Nagpur.
