India's First Privately Built Cryogenic Rocket Engine Dhawan-1 test fired

Highlights:

• India’s first privately built cryogenic rocket engine called Dhawan-1 was test-fired privately by Skyroot Aerospace.
• Skyroot Aerospace exhibited the upper stage of its Vikram-2 launch vehicle.
• The cryogenic rocket engine is 3D printed and made in India.
• It has been named after Satish Dhawan, the third chairman of ISRO, as he pioneered the development of advanced launch capabilities of India.
• Vikram Rocket has been identified after Vikram Sarabhai, who started India's space program and conducted advanced nuclear research.
• The rocket uses a mixture of Liquid Natural Gas, more than 90 % methane and Liquid Oxygen.
• It is called "Methalox", in the combined state, which forms a cryogenic rocket fuel.
• This provides high performance and a low cost. 
• The fuel is environmentally friendly, which is dubbed "Fuel of the future".

• The Dhawan-1 engine includes a vacuum thrust of about 1.5kN. 
• The engine was tested on a specially built testbed at Solar Industries in Nagpur.
• The engine is the upper stage of the Vikram-2 launch vehicle that uses environment-friendly compounds called LNG and LOX. It is entirely 3D printed.
• Pixxel 1 satellite is set to be launched in 2022, the first private satellite in an Earth Observation constellation in low Earth orbit.