India overcomes launch delay to test its Gaganyaan crewed space mission
Hours after postponing the anticipated launch, India on Saturday successfully completed a crucial test for its ambitious crewed space mission Gaganyaan, according to the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
On X, a platform formerly known as Twitter, ISRO stated, “Reason for the launch hold is identified and corrected.” “The Crew Escape System worked as expected. The beginning of Mission Gaganyaan is successful.
The reason for the delay was not given by the agency.
The launch could not initially be completed and was scheduled for 8 a.m. (0230 GMT). At 10 a.m., it was successfully finished, according to ISRO.
Mission Gaganyaan
TV D1 Test Flight is accomplished.
Crew Escape System performed as intended.
Mission Gaganyaan gets off on a successful note. @DRDO_India@indiannavy#Gaganyaan
— ISRO (@isro) October 21, 2023
The Gaganyaan mission aims to create a spacecraft that can accommodate three people and travel 400 kilometers (250 miles) into space before crashing down in the Indian Ocean.
After Gaganyaan is finished, ISRO has announced it will look into ways to maintain a human presence in space.
The project, which comes after the organization’s historic Chandrayaan-3 craft landing on the lunar south pole, has a budget of roughly 90 billion Indian rupees ($1 billion).
Although a schedule has not been released, it has been anticipated that the Gaganyaan mission will launch from Sriharikota, the nation’s primary spaceport, before 2024.
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