Scientists Test India’s Most Powerful Cryogenic Engine

Mastering a complex technology once denied to India, the Indian Space Research Organisation or ISRO crossed an important milestone today when it successfully tested the country’s latest and most powerful cryogenic engine for 800 seconds.

The cryogenic engine will power ISRO’s next generation monster rocket, the Geo-synchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark III, capable of carrying the 8 ton class of satellites to space.Details