Parachutes for uncrewed spaceflight of Gaganyaan mission flagged off

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A set of parachutes developed for the primary uncrewed mission of India’s Gaganyaan human spaceflight programme was shipped from Agra on Monday (Might 5, 2025). The parachutes have been developed by the Aerial Supply Analysis and Improvement Institution (ADRDE), an Agra-based laboratory below the Defence Analysis and Improvement Organisation (DRDO).

“Indigenously developed parachutes for the protected return of the capsule that may carry astronauts below the proposed Gaganyaan Programme are set to bear [testing in an] unmanned mission by the Indian House Analysis Organisation (ISRO),” ADRDE said. In line with the assertion, the parachute configuration consists of 10 parachutes designed for sequential deployment.

Below the Gaganyaan programme, ISRO goals to ship a crew of two or three astronauts into Low Earth Orbit (LEO).

Explaining the restoration sequence throughout flight, the ADRDE assertion detailed that it begins with the deployment of two Apex Cowl Separation parachutes (which shield the primary parachute compartment). That is adopted by two Drogue parachutes to stabilise the module and scale back its velocity. Subsequently, upon launch of the drogue chutes, three Pilot parachutes are deployed to extract the three Essential parachutes individually. The Essential parachutes are designed to scale back the crew module’s velocity to protected ranges for touchdown.

The flight unit parachutes have been formally flagged off by Dr. Manoj Kumar, Director of ADRDE. They’ve been dispatched to the ISRO Satellite tv for pc Integration and Testing Institution (ISITE) in Bengaluru.

These parachutes are meant for the primary uncrewed Gaganyaan mission, designated G-1. The ADRDE workforce will proceed to assemble the parachutes with the crew module at ISITE in preparation for this mission, which is deliberate for later this 12 months.