Gaganyaan Mission: Test flight of Gaganyaan Mission successful, Crew Escape capability tested

Posted on 21st Oct 2023 11:25 am by rohit kumar

Overcoming all the challenges, the first test flight of the Gaganyaan mission has been launched. ISRO launched it at 10 a.m. on October 21 from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota. This was the first test flight of the Gaganyaan mission. After its successful test, India will join the list of countries that can launch their crewed spacecraft.

 

It is also being called Test Vehicle Abort Mission-1 and Test Vehicle Development Flynt (TV-D1).

 

Crew escape capability tested

This flight abort test was conducted to test the capability of the vehicle's crew escape system. It is used when the crew needs to evacuate in an emergency. The Gaganyaan mission aims to send humans to space in a 400 km low Earth orbit for a three-day mission and return them safely to Earth.

 

S Somnath congratulated

ISRO Chief S Somnath said I am happy to inform you that the TV-DV1 (crew module) mission has been successfully launched. He congratulated the entire ISRO team for this success.

 

Will be launched in the Bay of Bengal

The test vehicle had taken with itself the crew module built for the astronaut. According to the information, the rocket will go up sixteen and a half kilometers with the crew module and then it will be landed in the Bay of Bengal.

 

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