http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/science/india-all-set-to-launch-its-own-space-shuttle-tomorrow/articleshow/52389095.cms

>CHENNAI: India is all set for the maiden launch tomorrow of an indigenous winged Reusable Launch Vehicle(RLV)--that is being dubbed as its own space shuttle-- from Sriharikota spaceport in Andhra Pradesh.
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>Very similar in its looks to the us space shuttle, the the double delta-winged RLV-TD being experimented is a scale model which is almost 6 times smaller than the final version.
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>The vehicle will be taken to a height of over 70 km and released for its re-entry into the atmosphere.
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>The mission, known as the hypersonic flight experiment, is expected to last about 10 minutes from liftoff to splashdown.
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>The RLV-TD is described as "a very preliminary step" in the development of a reusable rocket, whose final version is expected to take 10-15 years.

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