BITS Pilani Hyderabad’s Technology Business Incubator (TBI) has announced that it will be lending support to ‘Abyom’, a start-up looking to develop ‘Reignition Liquid Engine’ for building India’s first reusable sounding rocket, on Wednesday.
Abyom, recognized by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), is working on building a liquid propulsion rocket engine and testing system for use on space launch vehicles. The technology will be used to create India's first reusable sounding rocket which will benefit areas such as meteorology, agri-tech data. It can also be used to conduct experiments in atmosphere, said an official release.
“We are happy to be supported by BITS-Pilani Hyderabad’s TBI to revolutionise the journey to explore outer space. We started in 2020 when we were invited by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), to start a venture with the vision of putting India on the world’s indigenous reusable and reliable space launch,” said Founder & CEO Jainul Abedin.
