ISRO's REUSABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE MISSION | RLV-TD LEX | AUTONOMOUS LANDING MISSION
RLV LEX "ISRO Successfully conducted Reusable Launch Vehicle Autonomous Landing Mission (RLV LEX). The Test was conducted at the Aeronautical Test Range (ATR), Chitradurg, Karnataka in the early hours of April 2, 2023" ISRO's Official website. The RLV LEX MISSION stands for Reusable Launch Vehicle Mission for Autonomous Landing and Powered cruise, which is the second test among the five to be conducted under the mission. The 1st test, the RLV-TD was successfully carried out on May 23, 2016. This test was specific on objectives like autonomous navigation and guidance-and-control, aero-thermodynamic characteristics, thermal protection system evaluation. The RLV took off at 7:10 am IST by a Chinook Helicopter of the Indian Airforce as an underslung load and flew to height of 4.5 KM (above MSL). When the predetermined pillbox parameters were attained, based on the RLV's Mission Management Computer cpmmand, the RLV was released in the mid air, at a down range of 4.6 km. R
