Chennai, Feb 10 (FN Bureau) As part of its sub-orbital launch of its rocket Agnibhan later this year, the city based space startup Agnikul Cosmos today announced that it has successfully completed the flight acceptance test of its 3D printed Agnilet engine. In a tweet, it said “Humbled to announce the successful completion of the flight acceptance test of our Agnilet engine that will be used for our upcoming controlled suborbital flight.”
“Thankful to the @INSPACeIND team to have come in person & experienced this live”it added. “This engine was completely manufactured at Agnikul’s Rocket Factory-1. So, besides validating the engine for flight, we are also humbled to demonstrate the ability to design, manufacture & test a fresh rocket engine fully in-house”, the tweet said.