Agnikul publishes Agnite throttle and endurance test video

Agnikul Cosmos published an engine-firing video on 6 October describing thrust sweeps and an extended run of its Agnite engine. The Chennai launch company said the variations were intended to study throttling, or changing engine thrust, as it prepares Mission-02.

Agnikul said it then ran the engine beyond the maximum burn time of some engines used during ascent. Its announcement does not give the firing duration, throttle range, measured thrust or date of the test itself. The account is a company-reported ground test, with no independent performance validation supplied.

The company’s media archive records an Agnite booster-engine test in March and a repeatability test in April. It also lists a separate four-engine cluster firing in May. The October announcement describes thrust variations and extended running; it does not establish completion of vehicle-level testing.

Agnikul’s mission page lists orbital launch windows in the first and second quarters of 2027. These remain scheduled flights. The new test announcement gives no revised launch date or declaration of flight readiness.