The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully launched its Mission Gaganyaan TV D1(The Test Vehicle Development Flight) Test Flight at 10 a.m. on Saturday, (which was earlier scheduled to be launched at 8 a.m. but was later shifted due to some technical). The successful launch was applauded by the Space agency on the social media platform X: “Mission Gaganyaan TV D1(The Test Vehicle Development Flight) Test Flight is accomplished. Crew Escape System performed as intended. Mission Gaganyaan gets off on a successful note.”
Mission Gaganyaan
TV D1 Test Flight is accomplished.
Crew Escape System performed as intended.
Mission Gaganyaan gets off on a successful note. @DRDO_India@indiannavy#Gaganyaan
— ISRO (@isro) October 21, 2023
“I am very happy to announce the successful accomplishment of the TV-D1 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 function. The crew escape system took the crew module away from the vehicle and subsequent operations including the touch-down at the sea have been very well accomplished. and we have a confirmation of the data for all of this,” said ISRO chief S Somanath successful accomplishment of the TV-D1 mission. (As quoted by ANI)
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— ANI (@ANI) October 21, 2023
PM Modi extends good wishes to scientists
Prime Minister Narendra Modi also extended his good wishes to the scientists at ISRO. In a post on social media platform X, PM Modi wrote: “This launch takes us one step closer to realising India’s first human space flight program, Gaganyaan. My best wishes to our scientists at @isro.”
This launch takes us one step closer to realising India’s first human space flight program, Gaganyaan. My best wishes to our scientists at @isro. https://t.co/6MO7QE1k2Z
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) October 21, 2023
What did Home Minister Amit Shah say?
Union Home Minister Amit Shah also congratulated the ISRO for their yet another success. He said that India is ready to take its next giant stride in the realm of space.
“After the successful launch of the Chandrayaan-3, our nation is ready to take its next giant stride in the realm of space.Today the @isrolaunched #Gaganyaan’s TV-D1 Test Flight into space scripting another remarkable space odyssey. My heartfelt congratulations to our scientists and our citizens on this momentous occasion of success and fulfilment,” said Amit Shah on X.
What is the Gaganyaan Mission?
India plans to send three crew members to space by late next year on a Low Earth Orbit of 400 km for a three-day mission and bring them back safely back to Earth. The test flight is aimed at testing the crew module (CM) including various separation systems, evaluating the sub-systems of the test vehicle, and crew escape systems to achieve the goal of the Gaganyaan mission.
