LMW hands over India’s largest composite Ogive Payload Fairing for GSLV-MkIII to ISRO

Chennai: The Coimbatore-based Lakshmi Machine Works (LMW) on Wednesday handed over India’s largest composite Ogive Payload Fairing for GSLV-MkIII to the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).

The Ogive Payload Fairing for GSLV MK – III built by Lakshmi Machine Works Advance Technology Centre (ATC) in Coimbatore.

In a social media post, LMW said “LMW ATC handed over India’s largest composite Ogive Payload Fairing for GSLV MKIII to ISRO Chairman today”.

It said “A big congratulations to LMW ATC team and thanks CMD, LMW Mr. Sanjay Jayavarthanavelu and Chairman, ISRO Shri S Somanath for making this possible.

#MadeInIndia #SpaceTech”.

The LMW ATC, which caters to space and aerospace sectors, has delivered a 5-m diameter Ogive Payload Fairing to ISRO for GSLV MK-III, it added.

The company, with its metallics and composites divisions, has built the payload fairing,

which carries satellites to the orbit. It is made of carbon composites and is 10.75 metres tall.

In February, it delivered a flight critical “4-m diameter hat stiffened composite equipment bay shroud” to the ISRO for the upcoming Gaganyaan Mission.

LMW-ATC also conducted assembly, structural testing, and non-destructive testing of composite tubular members of the Inter Tank Structure of the C 25 cryogenic upper stage for Chandrayaan-3.

UNI