Indian Human Spaceflight Program (HSP)

[Vamsi]

I will still like to disagree. There is a huge tech gap between 1999 and 2023.

l want to be proven wrong.....but after seeing these continuous delays, I want to keep my fingers crossed

 

[Indx TechStyle]

l want to be proven wrong.....but after seeing these continuous delays, I want to keep my fingers crossed

We won't have to wait for that for long.1.5-2 years will be sufficient.

 

[Vamsi]

@Swesh @Indx TechStyle
latest about Inflight Abort Test-1

 

[Indx TechStyle]

@Swesh @Indx TechStyle
latest about Inflight Abort Test-1

Upto end of February or before February?

 

[Vamsi]

Upto end of February or before February?

 

[Vamsi]

Will conduct 6 test launches before manned mission, building some Gaganyaan systems in-house to cut cost: Isro chief - Times of India

Addressing the media on the sidelines of the Indian Science Congress, the Isro chief said that of the total six test missions, there will be four abort missions and two uncrewed missions. “Two abort missions and one uncrewed mission will be conducted this year in April-May. The remaining three...

m.timesofindia.com

Isro will conduct six test missions, including three this year, before the final manned mission of Gaganyaan in 2024 involving three astronauts as the space agency “doesn’t want to take any chances with human lives”, Isro chairman S Somanath said on Wednesday.

Addressing the media on the sidelines of the Indian Science Congress, the Isro chief said that of the total six test missions, there will be four abort missions and two uncrewed missions. “Two abort missions and one uncrewed mission will be conducted this year in April-May. The remaining three will be conducted next year. And if all are successful, the final crew mission will be launched next year itself,” he said.
Pointing out that human spaceflight capability is not developed overnight and that countries have taken decades to acquire those technologies, he said, “We are trying to launch the mission in the shortest possible time of 4 years. Though the mission launch was originally scheduled for 2022, it has been delayed due to several reasons. We had earlier thought of buying some mission technologies like environmental control and life support for astronauts from abroad. But they are coming at an exorbitant price. So now we are building such systems in-house. So, it is taking time.”

About Chandrayaan-3, the Isro chairman said, “Satellite is in fully integrated condition. The lander and rover are ready. The moon mission can’t be launched any day. We are waiting for the best launch window. So, the next window is in June-July. GSLV-MkIII will be used for the mission”. He said, “The landing mission is more or less same as Chandrayaan-2 but this time our goal is to safely land the lander and rover. Therefore, we have made certain changes to the propulsion system, software and also added new sensors.”


He said the second development flight of the Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) is likely to be held next month. If the launch is successful, the SSLV, which can carry a payload up to 500kg, will be able to establish itself as a small launcher in the global market. The first SSLV launch was unsuccessful on August 7 last year.
On the Venus mission, Somanath said “a committee is currently screening all research papers to define the scientific objectives for the mission. We have also shortlisted labs and institutions that will be building instruments. Once they are finalised, we will ask the government for funds.” Isro is simultaneously working on the second Mars mission.

 

[Indx TechStyle]

Isro will conduct six test missions, including three this year, before the final manned mission of Gaganyaan in 2024 involving three astronauts as the space agency “doesn’t want to take any chances with human lives”, Isro chairman S Somanath said on Wednesday.

Addressing the media on the sidelines of the Indian Science Congress, the Isro chief said that of the total six test missions, there will be four abort missions and two uncrewed missions. “Two abort missions and one uncrewed mission will be conducted this year in April-May. The remaining three will be conducted next year. And if all are successful, the final crew mission will be launched next year itself,” he said.

6 missions include = 2 aborts tests + 2 unmanned flights.
What are the other two?

 

[Vamsi]

6 missions include = 2 aborts tests + 2 unmanned flights.
What are the other two?

4 inflight abort + 2 unmanned

 

[Varoon2]

Developing less expensive Indian systems is a good reason for the delay

Gaganyaan delayed as ISRO developing in-house life support for astronauts, says agency chief

ISRO chief Somanath explained that initially the plan was to import some technologies for Gaganyaan from abroad but bringing them was expensive. So, they decided to do it themselves.

theprint.in

 

[Varoon2]

What is totally, or primarily, Indian made on Gaganyaan, and what must be imported. There are for sure, already many indigenous systems on board the crew module. The shell/structure, the fairing, thrusters, and now even the gaganauts' life support are Indian made or going to be.

 

[Vamsi]

What is totally, or primarily, Indian made on Gaganyaan, and what must be imported. There are for sure, already many indigenous systems on board the crew module. The shell/structure, the fairing, thrusters, and now even the gaganauts' life support are Indian made or going to be.

flight suits,seats & view ports are imported, rest indigenous

 

[RoaringTigerHiddenDragon]

Will conduct 6 test launches before manned mission, building some Gaganyaan systems in-house to cut cost: Isro chief - Times of India

Addressing the media on the sidelines of the Indian Science Congress, the Isro chief said that of the total six test missions, there will be four abort missions and two uncrewed missions. “Two abort missions and one uncrewed mission will be conducted this year in April-May. The remaining three...

m.timesofindia.com

Isro will conduct six test missions, including three this year, before the final manned mission of Gaganyaan in 2024 involving three astronauts as the space agency “doesn’t want to take any chances with human lives”, Isro chairman S Somanath said on Wednesday.

Addressing the media on the sidelines of the Indian Science Congress, the Isro chief said that of the total six test missions, there will be four abort missions and two uncrewed missions. “Two abort missions and one uncrewed mission will be conducted this year in April-May. The remaining three will be conducted next year. And if all are successful, the final crew mission will be launched next year itself,” he said.
Pointing out that human spaceflight capability is not developed overnight and that countries have taken decades to acquire those technologies, he said, “We are trying to launch the mission in the shortest possible time of 4 years. Though the mission launch was originally scheduled for 2022, it has been delayed due to several reasons. We had earlier thought of buying some mission technologies like environmental control and life support for astronauts from abroad. But they are coming at an exorbitant price. So now we are building such systems in-house. So, it is taking time.”

About Chandrayaan-3, the Isro chairman said, “Satellite is in fully integrated condition. The lander and rover are ready. The moon mission can’t be launched any day. We are waiting for the best launch window. So, the next window is in June-July. GSLV-MkIII will be used for the mission”. He said, “The landing mission is more or less same as Chandrayaan-2 but this time our goal is to safely land the lander and rover. Therefore, we have made certain changes to the propulsion system, software and also added new sensors.”


He said the second development flight of the Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) is likely to be held next month. If the launch is successful, the SSLV, which can carry a payload up to 500kg, will be able to establish itself as a small launcher in the global market. The first SSLV launch was unsuccessful on August 7 last year.
On the Venus mission, Somanath said “a committee is currently screening all research papers to define the scientific objectives for the mission. We have also shortlisted labs and institutions that will be building instruments. Once they are finalised, we will ask the government for funds.” Isro is simultaneously working on the second Mars mission.

Transparently communicating such issues was lacking in ISRO earlier. So failures made people angry and not trust ISRO. I am glad the new ISRO chief is a lot more open and says where to rectify and what the timelines are. Babus unnecessarily try to hoard information, which inevitably backfires.

 

[Indx TechStyle]

Isro human space foray set for next step
On the Chandrayaan-3 mission, Somnath said that ISRO was looking at a launch window around June-July this year

Credit: Special arrangement

In another four months, India would take its first step to send a human to space with ISRO launching its maiden crew module abort mission by April-May followed by a second such mission after three months and an unmanned mission by 2023 end, clearing the decks for the much awaited 2024 voyage to send an Indian to space.

The next year would see two more abort missions – four such missions are planned to ensure complete crew safety, which is central to the ambitious plan – and a second unmanned mission before a crew of one or two Indian Air Force officers would take a flight to space in an indigenous spacecraft four decades after Wing Commander Rakesh Sharma, who flew in a Russian craft.

"The first abort mission (TV-D1) would be happening around April-May followed by another such mission (TV-D2) three months later. There will be an unmanned mission by the end of the year. Next year, there will be two more abort missions and a second unmanned mission before human space flight,” S Somnath, chairperson of the Indian Space Research Organisation said at a press conference on the sidelines of the 108th session of the Indian Science Congress.

“It is not like sending a satellite to orbit. We cannot take chances when it comes to human beings. We are being cautious and careful. Globally it took about 10 years for countries to develop human space flight capability, which we are doing in four years.”

The ISRO chairman flagged the lack of industrial ecosystem for the space sector as one of the key reasons behind the delays in realising the manned flight mission.

For instance, the space agency needed crucial environmental control and life support systems for the crew module but could not import them because the imported systems were coming with exorbitant price tags and there were no Indian versions available. The ISRO scientists have to develop the systems in-house.

On the Chandrayaan-3 mission, Somnath said that ISRO was looking at a launch window around June-July this year. “All the tests to ruggedise the payload have been completed. The satellite is fully integrated. The orbiter, lander and rover are ready and we are looking at the right slot for the launch by GSLV-MK-III. The next best days are coming in June-July,” he said.

The ISRO chairman said the second development flight of the Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) will happen next month. The SSLV flight would be used to test a space-based aircraft monitoring system.

"The ADS-B receiver gets all the details of an aircraft. Currently, the Air Traffic Controller gets these signals, but there are certain blind spots -- about 30% of airspace across the globe -- to which ATC doesn't have access. Now, we have developed a space-based ADS-B technology that would be tested on the SSLV flight," said D K Singh, Deputy Director, Advanced Technology Area, Space Application Centre, Ahmedabad.

The first flight of SSLV in August 2022 was unsuccessful. Once the SSLV is realised, India would be in a position to launch satellites weighing up to 500 kg to low earth orbits within weeks.

Singh said ISRO was also working on a special high-throughput satellite that would expose Indians to the in-flight browsing experience, but it would take another year before the satellite would be ready for launch.

 

[Indx TechStyle]

Isro human space foray set for next step
On the Chandrayaan-3 mission, Somnath said that ISRO was looking at a launch window around June-July this year

Credit: Special arrangement

Takeaways:

1. First abort test in April-May and second in September-October before G1 mission by year end. Same pattern of two abort tests before G2 mission next year.
2. Crew for Gaganyaan are essentially Indian Air Personnel, confirms officially.
3. Chandryaan-3 all ready for launch. Launch window falls in June-July and a delay is unlikely unless launcher assembly takes time.
4. SSLV this February.
5. Will carry a payload ADS-B to collect aircraft details from 30% of global airspace which is not covered by ATC

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[Jimih]

Training for Armageddon/Deep Impact

Part of US-India Civil Space Joint Working Group (CSJWG)

 

[DumbPilot]

So in other words India and US shall be collaborating on ASAT too

I find that very doubtful

 

[AnantS]

I find that very doubtful

Well sir - Planetary Defense - High speed object detection at long ranges - Also on the side detect unannounced "launched" objects and track them. 2nd Planetary Defense also has object landing as scope for exploration. The whole sophisticated procedure of detecting, interdicting and landing on object - is a very very sophisticated high end space application. Don't you think that would be useful in disabling/capturing satellites - once our own RLV TD matures? US and India are not going to publicly work on ASAT. But with this agreement -if it fructifies into meaningful exchange(which rarely does in case with US), it shall definitely help in other areas also - one of which is ASAT.
You are correct

 

[Vamsi]

 

[Indx TechStyle]

Today, ISRO received Simulated Crew Module (SCM) Structure Assembly for the Gaganyaan project.

This first indigenous SCM is developed by VSSC and realized by Manjira Machine Builders Pvt Ltd., Hyderabad.

 

[Indx TechStyle]

ISRO has just completed a test of the Apex Cover Separation (ACS) parachutes and the Main Pilot chutes which will be used on Gaganyaan with help of a Rail Track Rocket Sled!!

The test was conducted at TBRL, Chandigarh on 1 and 3 March. #ISRO #Gaganyaan