ISRO begins meeting of HLVM3 for Gaganyaan’s first uncrewed flight

ISRO begins meeting of HLVM3 for Gaganyaan’s first uncrewed flight

The meeting of the HLVM3 is going down on the Satish Dhawan House Centre (SDSC) in Sriharikota and the uncrewed flight is anticipated to happen early subsequent yr from the spaceport. Picture: ISRO

The Indian House Analysis Organisation on Wednesday (December 18) commenced the meeting of the Human Rated Launch Car Mark-3 (HLVM3) for the Gaganyaan mission’s maiden uncrewed flight.

The meeting of the HLVM3 is going down on the Satish Dhawan House Centre (SDSC) in Sriharikota and the uncrewed flight is anticipated to happen early subsequent yr from the spaceport.

“At 0845 hrs on December 18, 2024, at SDSC, the stacking of the nozzle finish phase with full flex seal nozzle of the S200 motor happened, thus commencing the official launch marketing campaign of the HLVM3-G1 / OM-1 mission,” ISRO mentioned.

It additional added that the preparation of each S200 motors will now contain assembling segments, management programs, and avionics.

“L110 and C32 levels for the HLVM3 are prepared on the launch complicated. The crew escape programs components are additionally acquired at SDSC. The combination of the Crew Module is going on at VSSC and the mixing of the Service Module at URSC, Bengaluru. The Orbital Module (OM) stage integration and assessments will happen subsequently at URSC,” it added.

The Gaganyaan venture envisages an indication of human spaceflight functionality by launching a crew of three members to an orbit of 400 km for a three-day mission and bringing them again safely to Earth by touchdown in Indian sea waters.

Underneath the Gaganyaan programme, ISRO intends to hold out three uncrewed missions and one crewed mission. The un-crewed mission is scheduled to happen in 2024-25, and the primary crewed mission is scheduled in 2025-27.

The meeting of the HLVM3 coincides with the tenth anniversary of the LVM3-X/CARE mission, which happened on December 18, 2014.

“It was on December 18, 2014, that the Indian Coast Guard recovered the Crew Module from the turbulent seas of the Bay of Bengal, roughly 1600 km from SDSC-SHAR. On the morning of the identical day, LVM3-X, in its maiden flight, had lifted a Crew Module of mass of 3775 kg (LVM3-X/CARE mission) right into a suborbital altitude of 126 km from the place it was managed utilizing thrusters to orient it for a beneficial re-entry,” ISRO mentioned.

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