gaganyaan
Gaganyaan is the first project taken up by HSFC for demonstrating human spaceflight capabilities.
It is the maiden manned mission of ISRO which involves development of a host of new technologiesand activities that need to be taken up concurrently across all ISRO Centres within the stipulated
schedule. The objective of Gaganyaan is to carry a crew of three to Low Earth Orbit (LEO), perform
a set of predefined activities in space, and return them safely to a predefined destination on earth.
New systems are required to undertake human spaceflight namely Human rated launch vehicle,
Crew Module (CM) system, Service Module (SM) system, Crew Escape System (CES) and
Environmental Control and Life Support System (ECLSS). The crew selection and training,
development of human-centric products, human rating certification system, dealing with man-machine interfaces are other domains of manned space flight that is addressing concurrently.
The human rating of GSLV MKIII has already been initiated at VSSC. The launch complex system
at SDSC-SHAR and ground infrastructure are being augmented towards accommodating the crew
activities. Communication network including ground-based and space-based systems is planned
to provide near 100 % coverage during various phases of mission viz., ascent, on-orbit, re-entry
and descent. The selection of crew for the first mission has been completed and crew training activities
are in progress in Russia in association with Indian Air Force. Plan of action is in place towards
the realization of human-centric products with the assistance of Defence Research and Development
Organization. An Inter-agency committee for recovery of the crew with the Indian navy in the lead role has
been constituted and the committee has initiated the crew recovery-related activities.

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