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Detailed explanation-1: -THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) created history on Monday by commissioning the world’s third largest hypersonic wind tunnel at the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) in Thiruvananthapuram.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) created the world’s third-largest hypersonic wind tunnel in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala in the year 2017.

Detailed explanation-3: -The JF-22, the world’s most powerful hypersonic shock tunnel capable of simulating flight at Mach 30, will be completed in Beijing this year. The new facility will help China maintain a lead in hypersonic technology for decades to come, according to the project scientists.

Detailed explanation-4: -Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), Thiruvananthapuram, is the lead centre of ISRO responsible for the design and development of launch vehicle technology.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Trisonic Wind Tunnel is a system to aid aerodynamic design of rockets and re-entry spacecrafts by characterizing a scaled model by evaluating forces, moments, load distribution, unsteady pressures, acoustic levels etc. The tunnel has an overall length of about 160m and has a maximum cross section of 5.4m.