Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) will launch India’s first manned space mission Gaganyaan between 7 am and 9 am on October 21. This information has been given by ISRO in a tweet. ISRO has said that the Test Vehicle Development Flight (TV-D1) of the Gaganyaan mission will be launched in the morning on October 21. TV-D1 will be launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh.
Indian Space Research Organization Chairman S Somnath had earlier said on Saturday that after the first TV-D1 test flight on October 21, the space agency will also carry out three more test flight missions of the ambitious Gaganyaan programme. He had said that in the Gaganyaan mission, human crew would be sent into space and they would be landed safely in the Indian Ocean. Three more test missions are D2, D3, D4.
ISRO Chairman S Somnath had said at an event on Sunday that apart from its first manned space flight programme, ISRO is ready to carry out several exploration missions including Mars, Venus and Moon. While talking to the media, he had said that ISRO has also prepared a plan to launch a campaign to study the climate and weather conditions of the Earth. He also said that ISRO is also working on regular scientific missions including communication and remote sensing satellites.
While explaining in detail about the upcoming missions, ISRO Chairman said that we have exploration missions. We plan to visit Mars, Venus as well as the Moon. We also have programs to assess Earth’s climate and weather. He emphasized that ISRO scientists will focus on routine missions like launching satellites for communication and remote sensing.
When asked whether scientists were able to get any feedback from Chandrayaan-3’s Vikram lander, he said that Vikram has done its job very well. It was programmed to perform its functions during the lunar day (equivalent to 14 Earth days).
Chandrayaan-3 successfully made a soft landing on the lunar surface on August 23. On ISRO’s first mission to study the Sun, Somnath said Aditya L-1 is absolutely fine and is on a 110-day long journey to the Lagrange point L1 and is expected to reach its target by mid-January. .