Dhawan-1

Subject – Science and Tech

Context – Hyderabad’s rocket men aim for the stars. Their start-up test-fired India’s first privately built fully cryogenic engine last month

Concept –

Hyderabad-based Skyroot Aerospace successfully test-fired Dhawan-1 last month, it became the country’s first privately developed, fully cryogenic rocket engine running on two high-performance rocket propellants — liquid natural gas (LNG) and liquid oxygen (LoX).
The engine was developed using 3D printing with a superalloy.