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{{Infobox rocket
|name = RLV-TD
|image = AVATAR-1.JPG|thumb
|imsize = 80
|caption = Avatar prototype.
|function = Unmanned reusable [[spaceplane]]
|manufacturer = [[DRDO]]/[[ISRO]]
|country-origin = {{IND}}
|height = ~10 m<ref>{{Cite web|title = Welcome to VIKRAM SARABHAI SPACE CENTRE - ISRO_Supersonic Combustion Tech|url = http://www.vssc.gov.in/VSSC_V4/index.php/2006/79-press-release-articles/631-isro-supersonic-combustion-tech|website = www.vssc.gov.in|accessdate = 2015-12-06}}</ref>
|alt-height =
|diameter = 0.56 m<ref>{{Cite web|title = Welcome to VIKRAM SARABHAI SPACE CENTRE - ISRO_Supersonic Combustion Tech|url = http://www.vssc.gov.in/VSSC_V4/index.php/2006/79-press-release-articles/631-isro-supersonic-combustion-tech|website = www.vssc.gov.in|accessdate = 2015-12-06}}</ref>
|mass = ~3 tons <ref>{{Cite web|title = Welcome to VIKRAM SARABHAI SPACE CENTRE - ISRO_Supersonic Combustion Tech|url = http://www.vssc.gov.in/VSSC_V4/index.php/2006/79-press-release-articles/631-isro-supersonic-combustion-tech|website = www.vssc.gov.in|accessdate = 2015-12-06}}</ref>
|alt-mass =
|stages = 2<ref>{{Cite web|title = Welcome to VIKRAM SARABHAI SPACE CENTRE - ISRO_Supersonic Combustion Tech|url = http://www.vssc.gov.in/VSSC_V4/index.php/2006/79-press-release-articles/631-isro-supersonic-combustion-tech|website = www.vssc.gov.in|accessdate = 2015-12-06}}</ref>
|capacities = <!--insert one of the following templates for each payload:-->
{{Infobox rocket/payload
|___location = [[Low Earth orbit]]
|kilos = {{convert|1000|kg|abbr=on}}
}}
|status = Testing prototypes<ref name="FinalTouches2015">{{cite news |url=http://idrw.org/indias-futuristic-unmanned-space-shuttle-getting-final-touches/ |title=India’s Futuristic Unmanned Space Shuttle Getting Final Touches |work=EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE |publisher=Indian Defence Research Wing |date=20 May 2015 |accessdate=2015-05-20 }}</ref>
|first = 2016 (proposed)<ref name="Presentation">{{cite web |url=http://www.aame.in/2011/08/india-space-shuttle-reusable-launch.html |title=Wednesday, August 03, 2011India's Space Shuttle [Reusable Launch Vehicle (RLV)] program |work=AA Me, IN |date=2011 |accessdate=2014-10-22 }}</ref>
|sites = [[Satish Dhawan Space Centre]]
}}
'''Reusable Launch Vehicle—Technology Demonstration Programme''' or '''RLV–TD''' is a series of technology demonstration missions that has been conceived by [[ISRO]] as a first step towards realising a [[Two Stage To Orbit]] (TSTO) re-usable launch vehicle, an intermediate step towards the creation of an [[Single-stage-to-orbit|SSTO]] [[Avatar (spacecraft)|Avatar spaceplane]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spaceflightinsider.com/organizations/isro/indian-space-research-organisation-to-test-its-reusable-rlv-spacecraft/|title=Indian Space Research Organisation to test its reusable RLV spacecraft|work=SpaceFlight Insider}}</ref>
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