New Delhi, Feb. 1 -- Ministry of Defence on Thursday said that DRDO has successfully launched a Green Propulsion System - developed under Technology Development Fund (TDF) scheme of DRDO - in orbit functionality on a payload launched by PSLV C-58.

The ministry said that this project - 1N Class Green Monopropellant thruster for altitude control and orbit keeping of micro satellites - was sanctioned to a Bengaluru-based start-up Bellatrix Aerospace Pvt Ltd (Development Agency).

It said that the Telemetry Data from PSLV Orbital Experimental Module (POEM) at ISRO Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC), Bengaluru has been validated with ground level solution and is found to have exceeded all performance parameters.

The ministry sa...