Gaganyaan
Also known as ISRO Orbital Vehicle
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
Article
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.