Gaganyaan-2
Appearance
Names | G2 |
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Mission type | Indian Human Spaceflight Programme technology demonstration |
Operator | ISRO |
Mission duration | TBA |
Orbits completed | TBA |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Gaganyaan |
Manufacturer | Hindustan Aeronautics Limited |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | December 2024 |
Rocket | HLVM3 |
Launch site | Satish Dhawan Space Centre |
Contractor | ISRO |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
Regime | Low Earth orbit |
Gaganyaan-2 (from Sanskrit: gagana, "celestial" and yāna, "craft, vehicle") will be the second uncrewed test flight of the Gaganyaan programme, with launch planned in 2025.[1][2][3]
Mission Objective
[edit]Second Uncrewed flight of Gaganyaan capsule. It will carry Vyommitra for testing purpose.
References
[edit]- ^ Ramesh, Sandhya (4 December 2022). "India's first human spaceflight Gaganyan in limbo, astronauts partially trained, ISRO silent". ThePrint. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
- ^ "EXCLUSIVE: No Gaganyaan unmanned flight this year". The Week.
- ^ "Prime Minister reviews readiness of Gaganyaan Mission".