Bengaluru: Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launched the sounding rocket, RH-560 to study attitudinal variations in neutral winds and plasma dynamics from Satish Dhawan spaceport, Sriharikota on Friday night.
“Launch of sounding rocket (RH-560) to study attitudinal variations in the neutral winds and plasma dynamics carried out today (Friday) at SDSC SHAR, Sriharikota,” stated in a tweet by ISRO official.
Sounding rockets are one or two-stage solid propellant rockets used for probing upper atmospheric regions and for space research. They also serve as easily affordable platforms to test or prove prototypes of new components or subsystems intended for use in launch vehicles and satellites.
ISRO has developed series of sounding rockets called Rohini series, important among them being RH-200, RH-300 and RH-560, number in name indicating the diameter of the rocket in mm, said on ISRO website.
