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India Gives Money to Build a Rocket That Can Fly Again! 🚀

India’s science department is giving 200 crore rupees to a company to make a rocket that can be used over and over.

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Key Points

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Funding amount: 200 crore Indian rupees.

Goal: improve the rocket from early testing to a stage close to real use.

Key features: a reusable upper part, a semi‑cryogenic engine, and a system that can land safely.

Benefits: cheaper launches and less space junk.

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The rocket, named Agnibaan, will be able to go into space, return, and be ready for the next launch.

Reusable rockets can save money and reduce leftover pieces in space.

The project will develop new engines and landing technology.

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reusable

can be used again after it has been used

launch vehicle

a big rocket that carries things into space

propulsion

the way a rocket pushes itself forward

orbital

going around the Earth in space

Technology Readiness Level

a scale that shows how ready a new technology is to be used

semi‑cryogenic

a type of rocket fuel that is very cold but not as cold as the coldest fuels

throttling

controlling how fast the rocket engine works

space junk

pieces of rockets or satellites left in space that are no longer useful

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