With reference to the Reusable Launch Vehicle Technology Demonstration RLV TD consider the following...........

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With reference to the Reusable Launch Vehicle-Technology Demonstration (RLV-TD), consider the following statements

It can be used as a test bed to evaluate various technologies like hypersonic flight and autonomous landing.
It has a combination of both launch vehicles and aircraft.

Select the correct the correct statement.

1 only

2 only

Both

None

Explanation:

Recently, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully carried out the landing experiment of the Reusable Launch Vehicle-Technology Demonstration (RLV-TD) programme at the Aeronautical Test Range in Challakere, Karnataka.

Reusable Launch Vehicle-Technology Demonstration

This programme is planned as a series of technology demonstration missions that have been considered as a first step towards realising a Two Stage To Orbit (TSTO) fully reusable vehicle.
A Winged RLV-TD has been configured to act as a flying test bed to evaluate various technologies namely, hypersonic flight, autonomous landing, and powered cruise flight.
These technologies will be developed in phases through a series of experimental flights.
RLV-TD is similar to that of an aircraft and combines the complexity of both launch vehicles and aircraft.

Features of RLV-TD

It consists of a fuselage (body), a nose cap, double delta wings, and twin vertical tails.
It also features symmetrically placed active control surfaces called Elevons and Rudder.

Hence both statements are correct.