Gaganyaan TV-D1 mission successful, informs ISRO Chief S Somanath

Indian Space Research Organisation ISRO Chairman S Somanath on Saturday announced the success of the TVD1 Test Vehicle Development Flight 1 in the Gaganyaan MissionThe test vehicle was launched on the second attempt after it had faced an engine ignition problem at 845 amAddressing the media ISRO Chairman S Somanath said I am very happy to announce the successful accomplishment of the TVD1 mission The purpose of this mission was to demonstrate the crew escape system for the Gaganyaan program through a test vehicle demonstration in which the vehicle went up to a Mach number which is slightly above the speed of sound and initiated an abort condition for the crew escape system to functionThe crew escape system took the crew module away from the vehicle and subsequent operations including the touchdown at sea have been very well accomplished and we have confirmation of the data for all of this he addedISRO chief S Somanath congratulated scientists after the successful touchdown of the crew escape moduleOn the occasion Mission Director S Sivakumar said This is like a never before attempt It is like a bouquet of three experiments put together We have now seen the characteristics of all three systems with what we wanted to test through this experiment or this mission The test vehicle the crew escape system the crew module everything we have perfectly demonstrated in the first attempt All the systems performed wellWe had been at penance for the last 3 to 4 years and the Dday was today We are very happy to be able to do it on the very first attempt he addedThis Flight test vehicle Abort mission was conducted to demonstrate the performance of the Crew escape system as part of the Gaganyaan missionThe mission objectives of the TVD1 launch were Flight demonstration and evaluation of Test Vehicle subsystems flight demonstration and evaluation of Crew Escape System including various separation systems crew module characteristics and deceleration system demonstration at higher altitudes and its recoveryThe Test Vehicle is a singlestage liquid rocket developed for this abort mission The payloads consist of the Crew Module CM and Crew Escape Systems CES with their fastacting solid motors along with CM fairing CMF and Interface Adapters This flight simulated the abort condition during the ascent trajectory corresponding to a Mach number of 12 encountered in the Gaganyaan missionThis mission represents a significant milestone in Indias effort to demonstrate that it is possible to send humans into spaceThe Gaganyaan project envisages a demonstration of human spaceflight capability by launching a crew of three members into an orbit of 400 km for a 3day mission and bringing them safely back to earth by landing in Indian watersThis programme will make India the fourth nation to launch a manned spaceflight mission after the US Russia and China Building on the success of the Indian space initiatives including the recent Chandrayan3 and Aditya L1 missions Prime Minister Narendra Modi directed that India should now aim for new and ambitious goals including setting up Bharatiya Antariksha Station Indian Space Station by 2035 and sending the first Indian to the Moon by 2040This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever