Indian space agency ISRO successfully launched the TV-D1 vehicle on October 21beginning testing for its first manned space mission, Gaganyaan, scheduled for 2025.
Test Vehicle Abort Mission-1 (TV-D1) consisted of testing the crew rescue system in the event of a mission abort after takeoff at high altitude. The system worked as expectedreports ISRO in its account on X.
The launch, aboard a single-stage liquid-fueled rocket, took place at 04:30 UTC and the crew module successfully separated from the launch vehicle at an altitude of 17 kilometers, it was described. Europe Press.
The crew module was successfully recovered from the Sea of Bengal.
India is the fourth country, after Russia, the United States and China, to successfully test this technology.
This flight simulated the launch abort condition during the climb trajectory. The mission abort sequence was conducted autonomously, starting with the separation of the crew module and deployment of the parachute array, and ultimately culminating with the safe landing approximately 10 km offshore from the Sriharikota base. (JO)
@IN_HQENC units recovered the crew module – path paved by extensive planning, training of Navy divers, formulation of SOPs and joint communications by combined teams of #IndianNavy & #ISRO.
@IN_HQSNC#Gaganyaan pic.twitter.com/u7M1iwZK1O— SpokespersonNavy (@indiannavy) October 21, 2023
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