Gaganyaan-1
Gaganyaan-1 (from Sanskrit: gagana, "celestial" and yāna, "craft, vehicle") will be the first uncrewed test flight of the Gaganyaan programme, with launch planned for the first quarter of 2024.[1]
| Names | G1 |
|---|---|
| Mission type | Indian Human Spaceflight Programme technology demonstration |
| Operator | ISRO |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Gaganyaan |
| Manufacturer | Hindustan Aeronautics Limited |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | First quarter of 2024 (planned) |
| Rocket | LVM 3 |
| Launch site | Satish Dhawan Space Centre |
| Contractor | ISRO |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
| Regime | Low Earth orbit |
Background
The launch was originally scheduled for December 2020,[2] then in December 2021,[3] but it was delayed due the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] The flight plan was finally ready by April 2022[4] and the launch is expected to take place in 2024,[1] after the TV-D1, TV-D2, TV-D3 and TV-D4.[5] It was proposed in April 2022 that the crew module should be depressurized.[6]
Mission objectives
The Gaganyaan spacecraft will be launched by a Human-rated LVM 3 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre and inserted into a 170 x 408 km orbit.[7] The circularisation maneuver will be performed at the third orbit. The landing should follow the same pattern as the TV-D1.[4][8]
After this mission, ISRO will perform four more abort tests before launching Gaganyaan 2,[5] carrying the humanoid robot Vyommitra.[9]
References
- Mint, 16 March 2023.
- Space News, 23 February 2021.
- The Hindu, 28 June 2021.
- Times of India, 28 April 2022.
- Times of India, 1 July 2022.
- Times of India, 29 April 2022.
- "Chandrayaan-3 a shot in the arm for Gaganyaan-1". The Times of India. 15 July 2023.
- Economic Times, 18 May 2022.
- Times of India, 13 September 2022.
Bibliography
- Jones, Andrew (2021-02-23). "India revises Gaganyaan human spaceflight plan, delays Chandrayaan-3". Space News.
- PTI (2021-06-28). "First uncrewed mission of Gaganyaan in December: It's race against time for ISRO now". The Hindu.
- Kumar, Chethan (2022-04-28). "First Gaganyaan uncrewed module to be injected in 170x408km orbit; indicates human spaceflight profile". Times of India.
- Kumar, Chenthan (2022-04-29). "Gaganyaan: First uncrewed mission to have unpressurised crew module". Times of India.
- Bagla, Pallava (2022-05-18). "Mission Gaganyaan: Better safe than starry". Economic Times.
- TNN (2022-07-01). "Chennai: Indian Space Research Organisation to carry out series of tests before launch of Gaganyaan". Times of India.
- ANI (2022-09-13). "First trial for Gaganyaan to be done by end of 2023, or beginning of 2024: Jitendra Singh". Times of India.
- Ramesh, Sandhya (4 December 2022). "India's first human spaceflight Gaganyan in limbo, astronauts partially trained, ISRO silent". ThePrint. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
- "Gaganyaan launch delayed: Manned mission now in 'fourth quarter of 2024'". Times of India. 2022-12-21.
- "Govt shares an update on Gaganyaan, first abort mission likely in two months". 2023-03-16.
