The first uncrewed space mission part of India’s Rs 9,023 crore human space mission called ‘Gaganyaan’ is scheduled for the second 50% of 2022, the government said.
Responding to an inquiry brought up in the Rajya Sabha, Union Minister of Science and Technology Dr. Jitendra Singh on Thursday said the test vehicle trip for approval of Crew Escape System execution and the first uncrewed mission of Gaganyaan are planned during the start of the second 50% of 2022.
This will be trailed by a second uncrewed mission and first uncrewed mission, Singh added.
As per him, the plan of all frameworks of Gaganyaan has been finished. Acknowledgment of different frameworks is in various phases of progress. Ground capability trial of human appraised dispatch vehicle (rocket) drive stages have effectively started and are advancing effectively.
“The arrangement and plan of the ground foundation have been finished and adjustments required are being executed. The MoU, agreements and Implementation plan (IA) related exercises with both public and global organizations are advancing great,” Singh said.
“Receipt of expectations has initiated against contracts with M/s Glavkosmos (Russian Space Agency) for spacesuit, group seat, and Viewport. Additionally, receipt of expectations under different work bundles of CNES (French Space Agency) IA has started,” Singh added.
The exercises identified with the advancement of microgravity tests have started, the applied plan for tests is under audit.
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The space traveler preparing office is getting set up at Bengaluru and in a high-level phase of finishing. Essential Aeromedical preparing and flying practice finished as a feature of the Indian leg of preparing.
The target of the Gaganyaan program is to exhibit the ability to send people to low earth circle (LEO) installed an Indian rocket and take them back to earth securely.
On the inquiry raised with regards to the situation with India’s third moon mission – – Chandrayaan-3 – – he said it is in the high-level phase of acknowledgment.
Every one of the frameworks in both the Propulsion Module and Rover Module has been acknowledged, coordinated, and tried. In the Lander Module, a large portion of the frameworks have been acknowledged and tests are under progress.
Coordinated Sensors and Navigation execution tests on the Lander have been finished and different tests are in progress. Every one of the distinguished tests will be finished before the dispatch of Chandrayaan-3, he said.
Chandrayaan-3 is focused on being dispatched in the second quarter of the monetary year 2022 – 2023.
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