According to ISRO, preparations for TV-D1 are in the final stages. Officials had earlier indicated that TV-D1 was likely to be launched by the end of this month. The test vehicle is a single-stage rocket, which has been developed for this mission. Its payload includes equipment such as ‘Crew Module’ (CM) and ‘Crew Escape System’ (CES) along with high-speed motors, ‘CM Fairing’ (CMF) and ‘Interface Adapter’.