Gaganyaan
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Gaganyaan (,, from Sanskrit: , "celestial" and , "craft, vehicle") is an Indian crewed orbital spacecraft intended to be the formative spacecraft of the Indian Human Spaceflight Programme. The spacecraft is being designed to carry three people to low Earth orbit, and a planned upgraded version will be equipped with rendezvous and docking capabilities.
Key facts
- Spacecraft class.name
- Gaganyaan
- Spacecraft class.image
- Gaganyaan vehicle used for TVD1 mission.webp
- Spacecraft class.image_caption
- Gaganyaan crew-module mounted on TV-D1 vehicle, in-preparations towards a sub-orbital test flight.
- Spacecraft class.image_size
- 300px
- Spacecraft class.country
- India
- Spacecraft class.operator
- ISRO
- Spacecraft class.applications
- Crewed orbital vehicle
- Spacecraft class.website
- ISRO
- Spacecraft class.spacecraft_type
- Crewed
- Spacecraft class.design_life
- 7 days
- Spacecraft class.launch_mass
- (includes service module)
- Spacecraft class.crew_capacity
- 3
- Spacecraft class.power
- Photovoltaic array
- Spacecraft class.orbits
- Low Earth orbit
- Spacecraft class.dimensions
- Diameter: Height:
- Spacecraft class.status
- In development
- Spacecraft class.launched (expected)
- 2026
- Spacecraft class.insignia
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via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- crewed spacecraft
- Country
- India
- Diameter
- 3
- Mass
- 7800
- Image
- Gaganyaan module infographic (cropped).jpg
- Height
- 2.7
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- maximum capacity
- 3
- volume as quantity
- 2.88
- type of orbit
- low Earth orbit
- first flight
- 2022-00-00
- Commons category
- Gaganyaan
- topic's main category
- Category:Gaganyaan
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Encyclopedic overview
39 sectionsContents
- Background
- Soviet-India Cooperation
- Spacecraft history
- Cabinet approval
- Funding and project expansion
- Infrastructure and support
- Description
- Gaganyaan Crew Module
- Service module
- Recovery and rescue
- Docking and berthing of spacecraft
- Development and testing
- Ground Development tests
- Static test for Low Altitude Escape Motor
- Service Module Propulsion System demonstration
- Integrated Main Parachute Airdrop Test
- Drogue Parachute Deployment Tests
- DPDT-1
- DPDT-2
- DPDT-3
- Radio Frequency Compatibility Test
- Integrated Air Drop Test
- Seaborne recovery trails
- Flight tests
- Crew Module Atmospheric Re-entry Experiment
- Pad Abort Test
- In-flight Abort Tests
- Mission 1
- Mission 2
- Launch vehicle
- S200 booster qualification
- Vikas engine qualification
- CE-20 engine qualification
- Launches
- Test launches
- Operational launches
- See also
- References
- External links
Gaganyaan (,, from Sanskrit: , "celestial" and , "craft, vehicle") is an Indian crewed orbital spacecraft intended to be the formative spacecraft of the Indian Human Spaceflight Programme. The spacecraft is being designed to carry three people to low Earth orbit, and a planned upgraded version will be equipped with rendezvous and docking capabilities.
In its maiden crewed mission, ISRO's largely autonomous 5.3-metric tonne capsule will orbit the Earth at 400 km altitude for up to seven days with a two- or three-person crew on board. The first crewed mission was originally planned to be launched on ISRO's human-rated LVM3 rocket (HLVM3) in December 2021. As of November 2024, it is expected to be launched no earlier than 2027.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gaganyaan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.