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===Background===
In the 1990s India had plans to develop a small space shuttle named ''Hyperplane'' that would to be orbited by non-reusable launchers.{{Citation needed|date=July 2013}} Then plans changed to project [[Avatar (spacecraft)|Avatar]] as a single-stage system. The [[Indian Space Research Organisation]] indicates that this vehicle was planned for development after 2010.<ref name=RIANOVOSTI>{{cite web|url=http://en.rian.ru/world/20070813/71203530.html|title=India plans to launch first space shuttle in 2010 - space official|author=Sputnik|date=13 August 2007|work=rian.ru}}</ref><ref name=TOI>[http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2006-12-12/india/27815394_1_space-capsule-recovery-experiment-polar-satellite-launch-vehicle-rlv Isro set to test reusable space vehicle]. ''[[Times of India]]'' </ref>
In parallel, India has more realistic and currently working the programme of manned spaceflights from 2014 to 2015 with non-reusable conventional spacecraft [[ISRO Orbital Vehicle|Orbital Vehicle]] launched by non-reusable launcher [[GSLV]].{{Citation needed|date=July 2013}}
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