Skyroot Aerospace conducts successful long duration test of cryogenic engine and also advances green fuel tech

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India's Skyroot Aerospace, yesterday announced it had conducted a long-duration test of a 3D-printed cryogenic engine, firing it for 200 seconds — an important milestone in developing the private space venture's higher payload capacity rockets. The test also yielded vital data for advancing the company's use of LNG — a greener alternative to the more widely used fuels today, the company said in a press release. Also in this brief, PhonePe, a Walmart group company in Bengaluru, yesterday launched Pincode, an app built on top of India's Open Network for Digital Co