Avatar (spacecraft)
Avatar (Sanskrit: अवतार, romanized: avatāra; from "Aerobic Vehicle for Transatmospheric Hypersonic Aerospace TrAnspoRtation") is a concept study for a robotic single-stage reusable spaceplane capable of horizontal takeoff and landing, by India's Defence Research and Development Organisation. The mission concept is for low cost military and commercial satellite space launches.
| Function | Robotic reusable spaceplane |
|---|---|
| Country of origin | India |
| Size | |
| Mass | 25 t (55,000 lb) |
| Stages | 1 |
| Capacity | |
| Payload to low Earth orbit | |
| Mass | 1,000 kg (2,200 lb) |
| Launch history | |
| Status | Concept study |
| First stage | |
| Powered by | turbo-ramjet, scramjet and cryogenic |
| Propellant | LOX/LH2 |
This spaceplane concept is unrelated to India's RLV Technology Demonstration Programme (RLV-TD).
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