3-D printed sounding rocket for the application of cloud seeding

Despite the increase of rainfall globally with the climate change, the large rivers are drying out. Less water in the river means less water supply to the cities and agricultural land, and indeed need more water for the dry soil for the farm. Eventually there is a need for more water than available. Cloud seeding has become one of the appealing methods across the globe for countries to accomplish the need of water. The cost involved in cloud seeding is gigantic. The implementation of cloud seeding with the 3D Printed Sounding Rocket can reduce ample amount of cost. This can also be used concurrently for agricultural surveying, in supplementary can help in research field on farm. Cloud seeding is enhancing the natural precipitation in clouds with the help of seeding agent, i.e., dry ice and silver iodide. Silver iodide is used for its similar molecular structure with water. 3D Printed Sounding Rocket is built with biodegradable material, PLA (Poly Lactic Acid), which contribute in reducing average cost of the cloud seeding process. On the basis of the experiment, the thrust requirement for 50 kg of rocket would be around 4521.3 N. Rocket travelling range is up to 48 to 145Km and carries payload of 10 to 100Kg as per the capability of designed rocket. Being first in India to evolve cloud seeding process with complete 3D Printed Sounding Rocket can have a great impact on Indian Economy.