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'''Pushpak''' ([[Sanskrit]], [[ISO 15919|ISO]]: {{transliteration|sa|Puṣpaka}}, {{literal translation|Little Flower}}, [[Namesake]]: [[Pushpaka Vimana]])<ref>{{Cite web |title=India's Reusable Launch Vehicle to be called Pushpak, PM reviews progress |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/science/story/india-reusable-landing-vehicle-to-be-called-pushpak-pm-reviews-progress-2507692-2024-02-27 |access-date=2024-03-15 |website=India Today |date=27 February 2024 |language=en}}</ref> (also known as '''RLV-TD''' or '''Reusable Launch Vehicle Technology Demonstrator''') is India's first [[uncrewed spacecraft|uncrewed]] flying [[testbed]] developed for the ISRO's RLV Technology Demonstration Programme started in 2012. It is a scaled down [[prototype]] of an eventual [[two-stage-to-orbit]] (TSTO) [[reusable launch vehicle]].
In January 2012, the design of ISRO's [[reusable launch vehicle]] was approved by the National Review Committee and clearance was granted to build the vehicle. The vehicle was named 'Reusable Launch Vehicle-Technology Demonstrator' (RLV-TD).<ref name="Launch vehicle approved">{{cite news|title=Launch vehicle approved|publisher=[[Daily News and Analysis|DNA India]]|access-date=23 May 2016|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/report-isro-s-design-of-reusable-launch-vehicle-approved-1633779|archive-date=11 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160911044601/http://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/report-isro-s-design-of-reusable-launch-vehicle-approved-1633779|url-status=live}}</ref> ISRO aims to bring down the cost of [[payload]] delivery to [[low Earth orbit]] by 80% from existing $20,000/kg to $4,000/kg.<ref name="Make In India Gets Wings With Successful Launch Of Swadeshi Space Shuttle">{{cite news|title=Make In India Gets Wings With Successful Launch Of Swadeshi Space Shuttle|publisher=[[The Free Press Journal]]|access-date=24 May 2016|url=http://www.freepressjournal.in/make-in-india-gets-wings-with-successful-launch-of-swadeshi-space-shuttle/856065|archive-date=25 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160525125001/http://www.freepressjournal.in/make-in-india-gets-wings-with-successful-launch-of-swadeshi-space-shuttle/856065|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="India Just Launched A Mini Space Shuttle">{{cite news| title=India Just Launched A Mini Space Shuttle| publisher=sciencealert.com| access-date=24 May 2016| url=http://www.sciencealert.com/india-just-launched-a-mini-space-shuttle| archive-date=17 September 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160917171853/http://www.sciencealert.com/india-just-launched-a-mini-space-shuttle| url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Breakthrough in Supersonic combustion technology">{{cite news|title=Breakthrough in Supersonic combustion technology|publisher=[[Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre]] website|access-date=23 May 2016|url=http://www.vssc.gov.in/VSSC_V4/index.php/2006/79-press-release-articles/631-isro-supersonic-combustion-tech|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304135953/http://www.vssc.gov.in/VSSC_V4/index.php/2006/79-press-release-articles/631-isro-supersonic-combustion-tech|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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