Mumbai-based startup Manastu tests its green propulsion system in space

Mumbai-based space startup Manastu Space on Wednesday said it had successfully test-fired its home-built thruster – Vyom 2U – onboard the PSLV Orbital Experimental Module-4 (POEM), tiling the platform by 24 degrees and imparting angular velocity before the onboard systems regained control. The POEM-4 platform, comprising the fourth stage of the PSLV-C60 rocket that launched the SpaDeX satellites on Monday, has been placed in an orbit at an altitude of 350 kms where several ISRO labs, startups and educational institutions will carry out in-orbit experiments.