What is the Gaganyaan Mission?
The Gaganyaan Mission plans to launch a crew of three people into orbit at a 400-kilometer altitude for a three-day mission before returning them safely to land in Indian sea waters.
The project is completed using the best possible strategy, taking into account internal expertise, industry experience, academic & research institutions' intellectual capacity, and cutting-edge technologies offered by foreign organizations. The development of numerous essential technologies, such as human-rated launch vehicles for carrying crew safely into space, life support systems to provide a familiar environment for the crew while they are in space, crew emergency escape provisions, and evolving crew management aspects for crew training, recovery, and rehabilitation, are prerequisites for the Gaganyaan mission.
Refined Testing For Gaganyan Mission
To demonstrate the Technology Preparedness Levels prior to launching the real Human Space Flight mission, a number of precursor missions are planned. Integrated Air Drop Test (IADT), Pad Abort Test (PAT), and Test Vehicle (TV) flights are some examples of these demonstrator missions. Prior to any manned missions, all systems' safety and dependability will be demonstrated.
LVM3 - HLVM3 for Human
The launch vehicle for the Gaganyaan mission has been designated as the LVM3 rocket, an ISRO heavy-lift launcher that has a strong track record of dependability. There are three stages: solid, liquid, and cryogenic. The LVM3 launch vehicle's systems have all been upgraded to comply with human rating standards, earning it the moniker Human Rated LVM3. The Orbital Module can be launched by HLVM3 to the desired 400 km Low Earth Orbit.
Crew Escape System (CES)
The Crew Escape System (CES) on the HLVM3 ensures that the Crew Module and crew are transported to a safe distance in the event of an incident at the launch pad or during the ascent phase. The CES is powered by a series of quick-acting, high-burn-rate solid motors.
Crew Module (CM) and Service Module (SM)
Crew Module (CM) and Service Module (SM) make up the orbiting Earth's Orbital Module (OM). Modern avionics systems with sufficient redundancy for human safety are installed on OM.
CM is the crew's access to a livable, Earth-like environment in space. It has a double-walled construction with an unpressurized external structure and a metallic inner structure that is pressurized with a thermal protection system (TPS). It houses the avionics, life support, crew interfaces, human-centric goods, and deceleration systems. In order to guarantee the crew's safety throughout the crew's descent and landing, it is also intended for re-entry.
SM will be used to give CM the support it needs while in orbit. It is a pressurized but unpressurized structure that houses thermal, propulsion, power, avionics, and deployment mechanisms.
New Technologies which are joining to be used in Gaganyaaan
For Gaganyaan, new technologies are being developed. The Gaganyaan mission places a high priority on maintaining public safety. Different new technologies, including engineering systems and human-centric systems, are being created and realized to ensure the same.
Crew Education and Training for the Gaganyaan
The Bengaluru-based Astronaut Training Facility offers classroom instruction, physical fitness instruction, simulator instruction, and flight suit instruction. Academic courses, Gaganyan Flight Systems, Parabolic Flights to familiarize oneself with microgravity, Aero-medical training, Recovery, and survival training, mastery of Flight Procedures, and training on Crew Training Simulators are all included in the training modules. The course also includes yoga, periodic flying practice, and aeromedical instruction.
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