Two test missions fly first, before Gaganyaan makes India just the fourth nation to put people into orbit
India has named the fourth quarter of 2024 as the likely date for the nation’s first crewed space mission.India’s Minister for Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh, yesterday revealed the 2024 target in anSingh detailed a planned mission called “G1” that will launch in the last quarter of 2023 and “carry a humanoid as payload.” G1 will test orbital module propulsion systems, mission management, comms systems, recovery operations, and the crew escape system.
The minister’s answer resets a program that previously targeted test launches starting in 2021 but was delayed by safety concerns and COVID-19 complications. The mission plan to use India’s home-made GSLV MkIII heavy lift booster remains unchanged, while no new flight plan has been suggested to trump the previously planned seven-day orbital adventure.
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