Tags: Artificialsatellite, Satellite.
Hypersonic Flight Experiment or HEX was to be the first test flight in the Avatar Reusable launch vehicle development program or the RLV-TD Program. It was to be first in a series of demonstration trials to be carried out by ISRO to validate the design of the Avatar RLV.The demonstration trials will pave the way for a Two-Stage-To-Orbit (TSTO) fully re-usable Avatar launch vehicle. The Hypersonic Flight Experiment (HEX) is scheduled for launch no earlier than 2012.
