Agnikul Cosmos fires a single-piece fully 3D printed rocket engine

This is a unique rocket engine because it has been made as a single component in one run of the printer, and has zero assembled parts

Indian aerospace start-up Agnikul Cosmos has become the world’s first company to test a single piece, fully 3D printed rocket engine. The Chennai-based manufacturer, which is developing the country’s first private small satellite launch vehicle, Agnibaan, has successfully fired its higher-stage semi-cryogenic  engine, which it calls Agnilet.

This is a unique rocket engine because it is completely 3D printed as a single component, in one run of the printer. This goes to prove the efficacy of Agnikul’s engineering architecture behind its orbital class vehicle Agnibaan’s propulsion systems, said the IIT Madras incubated start-up.

Agnibaan, the rocket, will be capable of carrying up