Agnikul ignites India’s first electric motor-driven semi-cryogenic rocket engine

Ravichandran shared a video of the engine being throttled to different levels of thrust by varying the speed of the electric motor.

Electric motor-driven throttling allows for higher accuracy and rapid response, which is important for handling complex trajectories, Ravichandran wrote in a social media post. Also, regarding flight readiness, this test is a key milestone towards…