The test flight of Gaganyaan lifts off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre on October 21, 2023.
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Bengaluru-based Alpha Design Technologies, which developed the critical crew module (CM) for the profitable first Flight Test Vehicle Abort Mission-1 (TV-D1) on October 21, will supply three more crew modules and different critical gadgets like entrance cones for the upcoming Gaganyaan mission.
The crew module was indigenously manufactured at Alpha Design Technologies at Peenya Bengaluru and Thiruvananthapuram. The crew module is the place astronauts are contained in a pressurised earth-like atmospheric situation through the Gaganyaan mission.
The crew module for the Gaganyaan mission is in several levels of growth. For the TV-D1, the crew module was an unpressurised model.
Prior to the launch, ISRO had stated that the crew module on this mission is extensively instrumented to seize the flight knowledge for analysis of the efficiency of varied methods.
The crew module was recovered after landing within the Bay of Bengal, utilizing a devoted vessel and diving group from the Indian Navy.
“Alpha Design Technologies factories will supply three crew modules and other critical items like front cones etc. Three crew modules will be made and supplied initially and later some more numbers may be developed if orders are placed,” stated Col.(retd) H.S. Shankar, chairman and managing director, Alpha Design Technologies.
Next up, the primary unmanned Gaganyaan automobile mission would happen to start with of 2024 and one other one carrying Vyommitra, the feminine robotic astronaut, can even be launched earlier than the manned mission which is scheduled for 2025.
Mr. Shankar added that stringent high quality assurance exams had been carried out on the crew module as per ISRO requirements each at Alpha factories and ISRO amenities.
