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Gaganyaan-3
NamesG3
Mission typeUncrewed flight test
OperatorISRO
COSPAR ID{{#property:P247}}
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftGaganyaan
ManufacturerHindustan Aeronautics Limited
Start of mission
Launch date2026 (planned)
RocketHLVM3
Launch siteSatish Dhawan Space Centre
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric orbit
RegimeLow Earth orbit
 

Gaganyaan-3 (from Sanskrit: gagana, "celestial" and yāna, "craft, vehicle") will be the third uncrewed test flight of the Gaganyaan programme, with launch planned in 2026.[1][2][3]

Mission objective[edit | edit source]

The mission is planned to last from eight hours to a day of flight. The environmental and life support systems, which includes maintaining temperatures between 25°C and 27°C, removing carbon dioxide, and maintaining the oxygen and nitrogen ratio will also be rigorously tested by the humanoid robot flying the spacecraft.[4]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. Ramesh, Sandhya (4 December 2022). "India's first human spaceflight Gaganyan in limbo, astronauts partially trained, ISRO silent". ThePrint. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
  2. "EXCLUSIVE: No Gaganyaan unmanned flight this year". The Week.
  3. "Prime Minister reviews readiness of Gaganyaan Mission".
  4. "Mission Gaganyaan: A small stepway for man, a giant leap for India". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2024-04-01.