Getting to space shouldn't be the hardest part of being space-faring. So, why not design and build an orbital class launch vehicle, from India for the world?
Another unforgettable moment with the Honourable PM
@narendramodi
Ji-he stopped by to understand what we have built. Thank you for taking the time to visit our display, Sir. Best part : he was able to remember the engine we had indoors with what was attached to the 2nd stage.
Humbled to have had the opportunity to bring our Agnibaan SOrTeD vehicle to our Launchpad at SDSC-SHAR on Independence Day to commence integration checks. We thank
@isro
and
@INSPACeIND
for their continuous encouragement and support in getting us this far. (1/n)
Humbled to announce that we successfully test fired one version of our patented technology based single piece, fully 3d printed, 2nd stage semi cryo engine - Agnilet - at VSSC,
@isro
Incredibly thankful to
@INSPACeIND
and
@isro
for enabling this. (1/2)
Humbled to announce firing of fully
#MadeinIndia
Agnilet - a 100% 3d printed, 1 piece semicryo rocket engine. Compared to older firings this is new:has 0 assembly involved->the entire engine is 1 part. Grateful to
@isro
for continued support.
@narendramodi
We are temporarily pausing all our liquid oxygen based testing until oxygen supplies stabilise across hospitals in our country. In the meantime, happy to help Covid patients in anyway we can. We are all in this together.
#COVIDEmergency2021
#COVIDSecondWaveInIndia
#OxygenShortage
Humbled to have been granted a patent on the design & manufacturing of our single-piece engines. When we started designing the engine, we did not know the extent to which 3d printing could help. Now, after multiple successful firings, 3d printing seems to be the best choice.
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 (1/n)
Video :
Had to call off today’s launch attempt of Agnibaan SOrTeD just a second into Automated Launch Sequence (ALS) initiation (at T-129 seconds) because of a communication issue between 2 of our onboard hardware. Although it is frustrating to see a HOLD this close to lift off, we are
Humbled & privileged to have had the opportunity to build our 1st launch pad & Mission Control Center within Sriharikota & to have it inaugurated by Chairman,
@isro
. Agnikul’s launches would be carried out from here. Thanks to
@isro
&
@INSPACeIND
for their help & valuable support
Also, humbled to use this historic moment for our country to announce and display one our products
#Agnibaan
at 1:1 scale for the very 1st time. We couldn’t have asked for a better venue to unravel this. Fully
#madeinIndia
Fully
#DesignedInIndia
. Humbled. Honoured. Grateful.(3/n)
The gates to space from India have now been opened wider than ever before and the Honourable PM’s powerful speech yesterday highlighted very clearly that the country will encourage private players to be “winners” rather than just “vendors”. We should all be feeling lucky! (2/n)
Holding our launch out of an abundance of caution based on certain minor observations from the full countdown rehearsals last night. Will keep you all posted on the new date and time. Thanks a lot for all the support that has been pouring in.
PSLV-C57/Aditya-L1 Mission:
The launch of Aditya-L1 by PSLV-C57 is accomplished successfully.
The vehicle has placed the satellite precisely into its intended orbit.
India’s first solar observatory has begun its journey to the destination of Sun-Earth L1 point.
“At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life & freedom.” Jawaharlal Nehru — These words feel like a launch countdown to the lift off of an entire nation. Honoured to be designing & making Agnibaan in India.
#happyindependencedayindia
Humbled to announce our ~$27M Series B fundraise. Beyond validating what we are building as a team, this support from the investor community is also a signal that the entire ecosystem in India is growing. This capital infusion will allow us to prepare for the next step in serving
This engine test is powered by Agnikul's own data acquisition systems & flight computers that were 100% designed in-house.
This test setup replicates the Agnibaan SOrTeD vehicle & Agnikul's launchpad at Sriharikota as they would be on the day of the launch.
Moreover, this test
Humbled to announce the successful completion of Agnilet's repeatability & performance validation tests. This same hardware has produced the same results in multiple tests, consecutively. Terrific work by the crew
@isro
#MakeInIndia
#aatmaNirbharBharat
Launch update : We may end up just going over the existing NOTAM dates to complete readiness checks and hence will have to issue a new NOTAM. This NOTAM will be issued soon. Thanks again for all the support.
Our Rocket Factory - 1 was inaugurated by Chief Guest Shri N Chandrasekaran, Chairman Tata Sons at
@iitmrp
with
@isro
Chairman Shri Somanath being the Guest of Honour. We can make 2 engines/week now! In the morning, Chairman ISRO, Director SDSC-SHAR, Director VSSC visited us 1/n
Some crossroads in life are just amazing. In this case - Go left for planes ✈️ vs. go right for rockets 🚀 Thank you at
@iitmadras
@iitmrp
@IITMIC
for creating such a wonderful platform for building real tech in India
#startupindia
@makeinindia
It's exactly 1 year since we presented our
#MadeInIndia
solution to honourable PM Shri.
@narendramodi
ji. Today, humbled to take our homegrown product further as a global solution to customers across the world. Thank you, Alaska Aerospace
@isro
@nsitharaman
@DrJitendraSingh
Humbled to announce our Series A round led by
@MayfieldFund
. Grateful to our existing investors for their continued trust & to the angels for their belief in our vision. A big thanks to
@isro
’s IN-SPACe initiative & our very hardworking crew. DeltaV boost!
Humbled to have rec’d
@isro
‘s FTS packages to help us on flight safety in our 1st mission- a controlled flight tracking a predetermined trajectory. This is a significant step in getting ready for launch from ISRO’s launchpads. Grateful to
@INSPACeIND
for their support throughout
ISRO delivered Flight Termination System (FTS) packages to
@AgnikulCosmos
with the support of
@INSPACeIND
to be used on Agnikul’s launch vehicle Agnibaan
The first time an ISRO vehicle's system supports a private launch vehicle built in India.
Igniters, injectors, cooling channels, nozzle, mounts, ... name it and it is here. A 100% 3D printed, flightworthy semi cryo engine is here! 1000s of components reduced to 1 component. 3D printing is magic!
#fully3dprinted
@makeinindia
@startupindia
@IITMIC
Chandrayaan-3 Mission:
Ch-3's Propulsion Module (PM) takes a successful detour!
In another unique experiment, the PM is brought from Lunar orbit to Earth’s orbit.
An orbit-raising maneuver and a Trans-Earth injection maneuver placed PM in an Earth-bound orbit.
Department of Space has entered into a Non Disclosure Agreement (NDA) with M/s Agnikul Cosmos Pvt. Ltd, a Chennai based start-up company on December 03, 2020
#INSPACe
#AgnikulCosmos
#ISRO
For details visit:
Department of Space, today, September 17, 2021 entered into a Framework MoU with M/s Agnikul Cosmos Pvt. Ltd., Chennai for access to ISRO facilities and expertise.
Besides validating our in-house tech, this is also a huge step for us in understanding how to design, develop & fire rocket engines at a professional level. An unforgettable day for Agnikul!
#designInIndia
#3dprinting
#MakeInIndia
(2/2)
The trajectory, manoeuvres & various flight events that will occur during the mission have been configured to validate tech integral to the success of our upcoming orbital flights. Lastly, we are excited to be attempting this flight from our own Launchpad at Sriharikota. (n/n)
Join us at
@IAC2021dubai
at stall H8-44 — We will figure out and build the best vehicle configuration that works for your payload to go to space.
#iac2021
- For appointments please email iac2021
@agnikul
.in
Humbled to have so many people from all parts of the country join hands in helping Agnikul build original space tech hardware in India. Honoured to have this opportunity to contribute in a small way towards nation building
#IndiaAt75
#IndependenceDayIndia2022
#स्वतंत्रतादिवस
1 year since we inaugurated India’s first and one of a kind facility - Agnikul’s Rocket Factory 1 - to 3d print & manufacture 2 rocket engines every week. Amazing work by the team in churning out multiple engines. Upcoming flight’s engines were realized inhouse in this facility.
Humbled to announce realization of a 3d printed LOX pump for Agnibaan. It was an unique journey of discovery for the entire crew given the original design & complexity of fab
#madeinindia
@startupindia
@isro
Glad to be playing a role in
#AatmanirbharBharat
Agnikul is now listed on European Space Agency supported launch aggregator
@host_mi
- Allows us to be a true "Made in India, for the world" solution for launch services. Thanks to a highly configurable design & thanks
@host_mi
!
@makeinindia
@startupindia
One of the systems that differentiate a engine ground test fire from actual flight is the autopilot. Here is a video marking the closure of the characterisation of the gimbaling system using which the autopilot rotates the thrust
Video :
#autopilot
Humbled to have had the opportunity to give a tour of our rocket factory-1 to Hon’ble Minister
@PiyushGoyal
ji - it was an honour to be interacting with him on how we are building original space tech hardware in India as the space policy shapes up here
@PiyushGoyalOffc
Watching
#Chandrayaan3Launch
as a team was an experience like none other.
@isro
continues to inspire all of us by reminding us that there is more to explore than one could possibly imagine. All we need to do is look up and figure out a way to get there, no matter how hard it gets
Thanks to
@iitmadras
- without them this would not have been possible.
@satchakra_iitm
- thank you for bringing us into this fraternity. thanks to
@IITMIC
@startup_mission
and all our investors for their trust. Proud of our incredibly committed & hardworking propulsion crew!
Discover how Agnikul is bringing space within everyone's reach by launching anywhere, anytime, affordably! This video series is your playbook to know how we are setting benchmarks and counting down to launch!
#Mission01
#AgnibaanSOrTeD
#SOrTeD
#Agnibaan
A long day of testing for the Agnikul crew sometimes ends with just watching that source of light (the moon) in orbit around our planet 🌏 .
#moon
🌝
#Inspiration
#longday
— Without the moon would we have been so captivated as a species to venture into the skies?
This is a test that successfully mimicked the separation of the Launchpad umbilical system from the launch vehicle. Such tests help understand how a vehicle’s autopilot would have to handle various forces acting on the vehicle during vertical lift off. 🚀
Chandrayaan-3 Mission:
“MOX, ISTRAC, this is Chandrayaan-3. I am feeling lunar gravity 🌖”
🙂
Chandrayaan-3 has been successfully inserted into the lunar orbit.
A retro-burning at the Perilune was commanded from the Mission Operations Complex (MOX), ISTRAC, Bengaluru.
The next
As part of the framework MoU with
@INSPACeIND
@AgnikulCosmos
has signed an agreement with VSSC
@isro
to test fire its fully 3d printed-one-piece, 2nd stage semi-cryo engine.
This test will help validate the engine's performance, qualifying it for its upcoming flights
New normal. New life. New look. Website v2.0 is live. Note: it is showing Agnibaan version 2.1.x. If the vehicle changes slightly over the coming months, it means we are iterating ;-) But, the story will be the same - easy, affordable, quick launches.
In conclusion, June 10, 2022 will go down as an historic day for our country and certainly an absolutely unforgettable day for each one of us at Agnikul. Now, we just need to get ready enough to get our launches going.
#MadeInIndia
#madeinIndiafortheWorld
(n/n)
Also, humbled to use this historic moment for our country to announce and display one our products
#Agnibaan
at 1:1 scale for the very 1st time. We couldn’t have asked for a better venue to unravel this. Fully
#madeinIndia
Fully
#DesignedInIndia
. Humbled. Honoured. Grateful.(3/n)
It was a very productive interaction and we look forward to working with
#inspace
as systems start to officially crystallise to enable and allow private players in India to participate along side and with the support of
@isro
Today, as we celebrate lights & everything that signifies winning over darkness, we
@AgnikulCosmos
wish you all a very happy Diwali
#Diwali
#Diwali2020
—We feel privileged & lucky to have the opportunity to both play with Diwali rockets & make orbital class rockets, here in India
We are super excited to announce our official partnership with Leaf Space, a service provider of customized ground segment solutions.
@leaf_space
Thank you! All of this means easier access to space. (Full message from us is in the snapshot here.)
#launchanywhere
#launchondemand
Excited to be working with
@SAFRAN
Data Systems in taking a highly modular approach to launch vehicle making. We believe this will change the very manner in which a customer’s ask translates to a journey to orbit
#customizability
#makeinindiaFortheworld
Agnilet is a single piece rocket engine - the whole engine is 3d printed, in one shot & as a single component
Sea level thrust : 6 kN
Mass flow rate: 3 kg/s
Propellants: Subcooled LOX at 84K & ATF (semicryogenic engine)
Burn time: 108 seconds
Cooling: Regeneratively Cooled (2/n)
Honourable Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi interacted with space industries, startups and academia today (on December 14, 2020) to encourage their participation in space activities.
For details visit:
@PMOIndia
@narendramodi
#INSPACe
#Startups
The gates to space from India have now been opened wider than ever before and the Honourable PM’s powerful speech yesterday highlighted very clearly that the country will encourage private players to be “winners” rather than just “vendors”. We should all be feeling lucky! (2/n)
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(n/n)
#madeinIndia
#designedInIndia
#3dprinting
Humbled to have had the opportunity to be at the CEO forum and share stage with Shri
@narendramodi
Ji and President
@EmmanuelMacron
(Represented here by our cofounder and CEO
@srinathr155
) - Look forward to working with our French counterparts.
President
@EmmanuelMacron
and I met top CEOs to discuss ways to diversify business cooperation. I highlighted the reforms in India and urged entrepreneurs to harness the many opportunities our nation offers.
Under the agreement we will be able to work with various
@isro
centers to get access to information & facilities necessary for our launch vehicle development
#Space
@iitmadras
@IITMIC
@startup_mission
Thanks to all our mentors & supporters who have enabled us to come this far.
This is the stuff that propels us. Every lift off is a source of hope, enthusiasm and energy, lifting all our spirits along with the satellite itself. Thank you
@isro
for being
@isro
🙏🏽
2020 gave us a pre-Series A, a first of its kind agreement with
@isro
, strong customer bonds & high quality hardware. Eager to learn, build & make new space tech out of India in 2021.
#madeInIndiaForTheWorld
#HappyNewYear2021
Fact: New Years are celebration of orbit completion :)
We took to heart what Honourable Chairman
@isro
has reiterated about disruptive
#madeinIndia
hardware. Thanks to
#inspace
@PMOIndia
for continued support and encouragement. It is this kind of motivation that pushes us to take that extra step in innovating.
#madeInIndiaForTheWorld
Humbled by this recognition. Lucky to be doing this when such historic reforms are happening. Thank you Hon’ble Shri.
@narendramodi
Ji. We are grateful to have the Govt’s support & will make sure we use this opportunity to make original tech in India
@PMOIndia
@isro
@INSPACeIND