Gaganyaan-3

Indian spaceflight, planned 2024
Gaganyaan-3
NamesG3
Mission typeIndian Human Spaceflight Programme technology demonstration
OperatorISRO
Mission durationTBA
Orbits completedTBA
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftGaganyaan
ManufacturerHindustan Aeronautics Limited
Start of mission
Launch dateQ1 2025
RocketHLVM3
Launch siteSatish Dhawan Space Centre
ContractorISRO
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric orbit
RegimeLow Earth orbit
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Gaganyaan-3 (from Sanskrit: gagana, "celestial" and yāna, "craft, vehicle") will be the third uncrewed test flight of the Gaganyaan programme, with launch planned in 2025.[1][2][3]

Mission Objective

The mission is planned to last from eight hours to a day of flight. The environmental and life support systems, which includes maintaining temperatures between 25°C and 27°C, removing carbon dioxide, and maintaining the oxygen and nitrogen ratio will also be rigorously tested by the humanoid robot flying the spacecraft.[4]

References

  1. ^ Ramesh, Sandhya (4 December 2022). "India's first human spaceflight Gaganyan in limbo, astronauts partially trained, ISRO silent". ThePrint. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
  2. ^ "EXCLUSIVE: No Gaganyaan unmanned flight this year". The Week.
  3. ^ "Prime Minister reviews readiness of Gaganyaan Mission".
  4. ^ "Mission Gaganyaan: A small stepway for man, a giant leap for India". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2024-04-01.
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