Sriharikota: India is preparing to touch new heights in its space campaign. ISRO has started the process of launching the Gaganyaan mission. Under this ambitious mission, in 2025, three astronauts will be sent to low Earth orbit for three days. Under this, assembly of HLVM3 (Human Rated Launch Vehicle Mark-3) has been started at ISRO's Satish Dhawan Space Centre.
Gaganyaan mission is to be launched in the year 2025. These preparations are taking place at a time when ISRO's LVM3-X mission has completed 10 years. The LVM-X mission was launched in 2014 and now it is HLVM-3, an upgraded version of the same LVM-X.
Three astronauts will be sent into low Earth orbit
Sending humans into space has been tested through the LVM mission. Which included the successful launch of the mission and recovery of the crew module. Through this, the 3,775 kg crew module was taken into space at a height of 126 kilometers. This mission successfully landed in the Bay of Bengal in 2014. During the Gaganyaan mission, three astronauts will be sent into low Earth orbit for a three-day mission and then they will be safely brought back to Earth by landing in Indian waters.
🚀 On the 10th anniversary of LVM3-X/CARE, ISRO begins assembly of HLVM3 for Gaganyaan’s first un-crewed flight! A major step toward India’s maiden human spaceflight and future space ambitions. 🇮🇳 #That's how it is #ISRO
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Gaganyaan mission was approved in 2019
Gaganyaan mission was officially approved in the year 2019. Now HLVM3 has been designed to carry humans into space. It is a 53 meter long three-stage vehicle, whose total weight is 640 tonnes and it is capable of carrying a weight of 10 tonnes into low earth orbit. Besides, a crew escape system has also been integrated in it, with the help of which astronauts will be able to get out of the spacecraft in space. Along with this, full care has also been taken for the safety of the astronauts.
India's position in the future
The experience gained from this program will play an important role in the development of the proposed space station for India, the Indian Space Station (BAS). Keeping this in mind, the successful assembly and launch of the HLVM3 rocket will lay the foundation for future human spaceflight efforts, thereby strengthening India's position in the global space race.
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