Repeatability in performance is what differentiates a working prototype from a working subsystem. Humbled to share a video of the repeatability test performed on our single piece, fully 3d printed, semicryogenic, 1 meter long Agnite engine. Seeing the pressure and temperature plots from the previous test match the same plots from the next test gives amazing confidence to proceed towards stage level testing. With steady progress on clustering electric motor driven engines, single piece engines at larger thrust levels and rapid additive manufacturing, we are getting ever so close to flying these engines on our operational launch vehicles. Thanks to @isro & @INSPACeIND for their constant support and guidance. Of course, none of this is even possible without the help of the entire @iitmadras ecosystem. @iitmadras @iitmrp @IITMIC @ANRFIndia @IndiaDST @tdbgoi @TIDCO_1965 @Guidance_TN @StartupTN @startupindia @startup_mission @srinathr155 @moin_spm @satchakra_iitm #agnibaan #agnite #singlepiecerocketEngine #3dprintedrocketengines #madeinIndiafortheworld #designedInIndiaFortheWorld #Agnikul

Humbled to announce the successful firing of our single piece Agnite engine. Agnite engines power Agnibaan’s booster stage. These engine chambers are a full meter long, fully 3d printed as a single piece of hardware and made of Inconel. Agnite engines are driven by pumps that are controlled and operated by electric motors. Thanks to @isro & @INSPACeIND for their constant support and to @iitmadras for being our home turf from which this kind of technology is built. This Agnite engine was printed, depowdered and post processed in the same machines that we inaugurated as a part of our Large Format Additive Metal Manufacturing facility (LFAMM) towards the end of last year. This milestone is also significant for us because it completes one end-to-end cycle of design, manufacturing, assembly and testing of our larger engines, in-house. Amazing work by the team in pulling off a few world firsts here. - world’s first single piece engine of this size being fired - world’s largest inconel only engine - world’s only electric motor fed, semi cryo engine of this size and the list continues. However, this is not a race to be the world's first, it is a race to be the world's best & to be the world's most useful technology for launching small satellites to orbit. This comes right after firing a cluster of 3 semi cryogenic engines that happened last month. Honoured to be working with a team that truly believes in building world class, original space technology for the world, from India. @srinathr155 @moin_spm @satchakra_iitm @iitmadras @iitmrp @IITMIC @tdbgoi @IndiaDST @ANRFIndia @TIDCO_1965 @startupindia @TheStartupTN @Guidance_TN @startup_mission @isro @INSPACeIND #agnibaan #agnite #singlepiecerocketEngine #3dprintedrocketengines #madeinIndiafortheworld #designedInIndiaFortheWorld #Agnikul