Indian Space Launch Schedule

[Indx TechStyle]

Pslv c55?

Not included in "notable" milestones yo

 

[Swesh]

Not included in "notable" milestones yo

Then it must be commercial launch

 

[Swesh]

They never skip numerical sequence except in case of pslv c13

 

[Vamsi]

Notable scheduled launches in 2023:

• January - SSLV D2 - Unnamed military satellite
• February/March - LVM3 M3 - 36 x OneWeb internet (Second lot)
• Q1 - GSLV F14/F15 - NVS01 (First satellite of Indian global navigation satellite system)
• Q1 - PSLV-XL C56 - Aditya L1 - (First Indian mission to Sun)
• Q1 - RLV-TD - Landing experiment or LEX
• Q1 - Agnibaan - Suborbital first flight
• Mid 2023 - TVP01 - Gaganyaan spacecraft high altitude recovery test
• Mid 2023 - SSLV C?? - XPoSat
• August - LVM3 M4 - Chandryaan-3 - Lander and rover to lunar south pole
• Q4 - Vikram I - First orbital flight
• Q4 - LVM3-HR G1 - Gaganyaan-1 - First full space capsule test without crew

2024

• Q1 - GSLV F?? - NISAR satellite
• Q2 - LVM3-HR G2 - Gaganyaan-2 - Second full space capsule test without crew
• Q3 - PSLV C?? - SPADEX - First unmanned space docking experiment of India, beginning of exercises to build space stations and refuel in orbit
• Q4 - LVM3-HR G3 - Gaganyaan-3 - Indian humans in 400 kms orbit for a 2-3 days trip!!

SSLV-D2 payload is repeat payload of SSLV-D1

There will be SSLV-D3 before 1st operational flight of SSLV

Can you quote source for TVD-1 flight??

 

[Vamsi]

Not included in "notable" milestones yo

It should carry TDS-1 satellite afaik

 

[Vamsi]

TVD-1 is initially planned for July 2022, then delayed to Sept/Oct 2022, then again delayed to Dec2022, then to Jan 2023, Now to Mid 2023, I mean WTF is happening??

 

[Indx TechStyle]

SSLV-D2 payload is repeat payload of SSLV-D1

There will be SSLV-D3 before 1st operational flight of SSLV

SSLV D3 will launch, 4 BlackSky global satellites, XPoSat will be on a operational rocket.

Can you quote source for TVD-1 flight??

No, just I just quoted some SM acquaintance.

It should carry TDS-1 satellite afaik

Yes, it was not included in here, probably only exploration missions were.

 

[Varoon2]

HNY. So Agnikul's first launch is not imminent? They were saying 'a few weeks' a few days ago. Nice to hear that they are sticking to the January launch of SSLV-D2. There is something compelling about this vehicle, it's because of the many new systems on board, and the promise of quick turnarounds. The possibility of capturing a significant segment of the mini and micro satellite launch market, is very real.

 

[Indx TechStyle]

HNY. So Agnikul's first launch is not imminent? They were saying 'a few weeks' a few days ago. Nice to hear that they are sticking to the January launch of SSLV-D2. There is something compelling about this vehicle, it's because of the many new systems on board, and the promise of quick turnarounds. The possibility of capturing a significant segment of the mini and micro satellite launch market, is very real.

RLVs in meantime will capture all kind of satellite markets away from expendable rockets. Small rockets will rather be important to India's strategic capabilities (emergency launches and large small SAT networks) along with a space economy with multiple companies with their own constellations.

The growth will start to peak when few Indian companies would have built first class sizable launchers & satellite constellations and will have stabilised once few of these companies would have become big space conglomerates like their US counterparts. Their future will depend upon what kind of things to offer to Indians vs what foreigner offers and if Indian government bans foreign vendors to support Indian aerospace sector.

International market is not a requirement for Indian start ups to grow even if they are trying expand internationally before they grow into unicorns. A country with relatively middle young 1.4 billion population and fastly expanding middle class can rescue any of its industrial sector solely by domestic consumption. The mainstreaming of Indian aerospace and defense industry into Indian economy as an essential sector from a government backed one will be some time in late 2030s or 2040s when India would be transitioning into high income group and more profitable industries would be replacing private agriculture and proto industries like textiles. This will be perfect synergy for current India or any country which transitions sectors throughout its economic growth.

 

[Indx TechStyle]

@Swesh @Vamsi
Source for HSP

The launch of the first uncrewed Gaganyaan 'G1' mission has been preponed from Mid-2024 to Q4 2023!! It will be followed by second uncrewed 'G2' mission and Q2 2024 and finally the first human spaceflight mission in Q4 2024! #ISRO #Ggaganyaan

Is it even feasible to launch 3 LVM3 in one year?

 

[Vamsi]

@Swesh @Vamsi
Source for HSP

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Is it even feasible to launch 3 LVM3 in one year?

No matter what they say, I don't think G1 flight will happen this year, it will definitely be after Mid-2024

They have to complete many IADTs, then 2 inflight abort tests, analyse their data and then make necessary corrections, it will definitely be slipped to Mid-2024

 

[Varoon2]

SSLV D2 to be launched next month, February, with some new payload. Another source refers to a launch possibly as early as Jan 26th( take my word for it ) . Article mentions very possible launch of Chandrayaan-3 in June.

Isro planning second development SSLV flight next month: Officials

India will test a space-based aircraft monitoring system when it undertakes a development flight of Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) next month, senior officials said on Wednesday.

www.business-standard.com

 

[SKC]

No matter what they say, I don't think G1 flight will happen this year, it will definitely be after Mid-2024

They have to complete many IADTs, then 2 inflight abort tests, analyse their data and then make necessary corrections, it will definitely be slipped to Mid-2024

Let them take whatever time they need to ready and qualify each and every system. This is not project where we can afford to have any failure during the launch.

 

[Indx TechStyle]

SSLV D2 to be launched next month, February, with some new payload. Another source refers to a launch possibly as early as Jan 26th( take my word for it ) . Article mentions very possible launch of Chandrayaan-3 in June.

Isro planning second development SSLV flight next month: Officials

India will test a space-based aircraft monitoring system when it undertakes a development flight of Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) next month, senior officials said on Wednesday.

www.business-standard.com

Chandryaan-3 has been slated to August already.

 

[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

Copy pasting messages on relevant threads.

 

[Varoon2]

Any specific news of GSLV Mk2 with the next series of IRNSS? And Aditya? Does the Q1 launch still hold? Have the issues in the CUS-12/15 on GSLV been confidently dealt with?

 

[Indx TechStyle]

Any specific news of GSLV Mk2 with the next series of IRNSS? And Aditya? Does the Q1 launch still hold?

At least till now. No update since December.

 

[Indx TechStyle]

Upcoming ISRO launches on cards:

• 26th March - LVM3 M3 - 36 x OneWeb internet (Second lot)
• Mid April - PSLV-CA C55 - TeLEOS-2 - (Singapore)
• Q2 - GSLV F14 - NVS01 (New generation IRNSS)
• June/July - LVM3 M4 - Chandryaan-3 - Moon lander and rover
• Late 2023/early 2024 - PSLV-XL - Aditya L1 - Indian mission to Sun
• January 2024 - GSLV F?? - NISAR - Indo US SAR mission

 

[TopWatcher]

Upcoming ISRO launches on cards:

• 26th March - LVM3 M3 - 36 x OneWeb internet (Second lot)
• Mid April - PSLV-CA C55 - TeLEOS-2 - (Singapore)
• Q2 - GSLV F14 - NVS01 (New generation IRNSS)
• June/July - LVM3 M4 - Chandryaan-3 - Moon lander and rover
• Late 2023/early 2024 - PSLV - Landing experiment or LEX
• January 2024 - GSLV F?? - NISAR - Indo US SAR mission

What is LEX on pslv?