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The '''Indian Space Shuttle Program''' is aimed to design an indigeneous [[Reusable Space Vehicle]].<ref name=RIANOVOSTI>[http://en.rian.ru/world/20070813/71203530.html India plans to launch first space shuttle in 2010],[[RIA Novosti]]</ref>.

In the end of 1980-s and beginning of 1990-s India has alreadyplans successfullyto testeddevelop athe small [[Space CapsuleShuttle]] Recoverynamed Hyperplane that would to be orbited by non-reusable launchers.

Then plans differed to project [[Avatar ExperimentRLV]] as single-stage system. The [[Indian Space Research Organisation]] indicates that an Indian [[Space Shuttle]] or Space shuttle derivedthis vehicle is planned for testingdevelopment byafter 2010.<ref name=RIANOVOSTI/><ref name=TOI>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/779971.cms Isro set to test reusable space vehicle], [[Times of India]]</ref>

In parallel, India has more realistic and currently working the [[Indian human spaceflight program|program of manned spaceflights]] from 2014-2015 with non-reusable conventional spacecraft OV launched by non-reusable launcher [[GSLV]].

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