NEW DELHI: Indian space company Agnikul Cosmos on Wednesday announced that it has successfully tested its 3D-printed booster engine, ‘Agnite’, which can reduce production complexity and turnaround time for missions.The engine, which is a single-piece architecture, can be fully printed within a week, unlike traditional booster engines that comprise thousands of parts and can take months to manufacture.“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 and INSPACe for their constant support and to IIT Madras for being our home turf from which this kind of technology is built,” Agnikul posted on X on Wednesday.This milestone is significant because it completes one end-to-end cycle of design, manufacturing, assembly and testing of our larger engines, in-house, the company said. With the successful testing of Agnite, the company will now focus on building more such engines by setting up a production line.
