Indian Space Research Organization decided not to rush it will happen The project, manned mission to space, as it seeks to ensure that the country’s first manned space flight is a ‘sure shot safe mission’, said its chairman S Somnath on Thursday.
Somnath told reporters during the International Conference on Spacecraft Mission Operations (SMOPS-2023) that Gaganyaan was scheduled to be launched in 2022 but was delayed due to COVID-19.
The ISRO chief said, “Our thinking is different now. Our thinking is such that we do not want to rush. This is the decision we have taken. The primary objective of human space flight is to have a sure shot safe mission.”
space The agency has redefined the mission in such a way that it will achieve success in the very first attempt. For this, it has substantially increased the test and demonstration missions in the recent past. These exercises include additional aborted missions to ensure crew safety, he explained.
According to Somnath, the first exercise will probably take place in August, which was earlier planned in July.
“Therefore, there are two aborted missions this year followed by an unmanned mission early next year,” the ISRO chairman said.
The space scientist said that all engine test programs within ISRO have been completed.
Asserting that hectic activities are taking place, Somnath said that at least some major tests are happening every week.
“For me, there are eight major tests and if all the tests go through successfully without any glitches, the launch will happen between the time frame of 2024 and 2025. But if I face problems and challenges, which are natural in the process If so, I have to give up the schedule,” he said.
On India’s first solar mission, Aditya-L1, Somnath said the launch window is from August this year to January next year.
“If we are not able to launch it in August, we will go for it in January next year,” he added.
Regarding ISRO’s third lunar mission Chandrayaan-3, Somnath said it is to be launched in mid-July. He said that ISRO will follow the same procedure which was followed during Chandrayaan-2 mission.
Somnath said, “We are going the same way of Chandrayaan-2 as we have already done it. We have the experience of doing it that way but it all depends on many other factors whether there will be any other contingency.” The situation is.” “Landing flight same as before. No change.” On the question of how indigenous Chandrayaan-3 is, the ISRO chairman said, ‘What we are doing in ISRO is 100 percent indigenous. We are not buying anything from anyone to do this, but of course we buy some components like electronic chips, processors, some high-end devices, but we don’t buy Chandrayaan Lander from anyone.”