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Significant progress has been made in terms of erection and commissioning of the test facilities, realisation of the engine, production of liquid hydrogen from an in-house plant, initiation of qualification of engine and the fabrication of stage tankages and components.
There are no bottlenecks in the development of the indigenous engine other than the complexity involved in the technology, an official release said on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, detailed engineering works connected with the second launch pad at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh has been completed and continuous progress is being made in the civil works, it said.
The required equipment has been ordered and government has allocated Rs 3.05 billion for the project, it said.
The Department of Space is using infrastructure already created at ISRO centres and those available in industries, national laboratories and academic institutions to the maximum extent, the release said.
An antenna test complex is also being built to enhance the availability of fabrication and test facilities, the release said.
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