Lok Sabha Question No. 5386 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-04-05
Subject: Status of Gaganyaan Programme
Ministry: SPACE
Asked by: Jagannath Sarkar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DEPARTMENT OF SPACE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5386 TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 05, 2023

## STATUS OF GAGANYAAN PROGRAMME

## 5386.  SHRI JAGANNATH SARKAR:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- (a) the current status of the Indian Gaganyaan Human Space Flight Programme;
- whether  the  Government  has  the  details  of  the  major  space programmes  and  flights  to  be  launched  with  indigenously
- (b) developed technologies in the near future; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof, if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES & PENSIONS AND IN THE PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE (DR. JITENDRA SINGH):

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- (a) The  current  status  of  the  Indian  Gaganyaan  Human  Space Flight Programme is as follows:
- i. All the subsystems pertaining to Test Vehicle TV-D1 mission viz., stage hardware, pyros, auxiliary systems, launch complex systems etc. have been realized. The Crew Module
- for TV-D1 mission is delivered.
- ii. Static  tests  of  all  Crew  Escape  System  motors  have  been completed. Batch testing is in progress.
- iii. First  semester  of  Astronaut  training  has  been  completed. Corresponding  crew  evaluation  and  assessment  activities have also been completed. Second semester is underway.
- iv. Orbital  module  configuration  for  uncrewed  G1  mission  is finalised and realization of hardware commenced. The qualification of Deceleration System Parachutes and pyros via Ground and Air drop tests are underway.
- v. Recovery  trials  commenced  at  Water  Survival  Test  Facility (WSTF), Indian Navy.
- vi. The  MoU  and  contracts  related  activities  with  national  and international agencies are progressing well.

## (b) & (c)

Yes, Sir.  Several  missions  on  the  indigenously  developed  launch vehicles viz. PSLV, GSLV, LVM3 and SSLV are planned in near future. A total of 12 launch vehicles missions i.e. 7 flights of PSLV, 3 flights of GSLV and 1 flight each of SSLV & LVM3 are planned in the upcoming months  of  2023  and/or  early  2024,  in  addition  to  the  test  flights  for Gaganyaan program.

A brief description of major space programs and flights to be launched with indigenously developed technologies in the near future:

-  7  flights  of  PSLV  are  planned  to  be  held  with  following spacecrafts:
- o Launch of Technology Demonstration Satellite - TDS 01, comprised of indigenous TWTA, Electric Propulsion system and a host of other technologies.
- o 3 dedicated commercial missions of NSIL carrying TeLEOS-2, DS-SAR and ANWESHA, respectively.
- o Aaditya-L1  -  the  first  Indian  Space  mission  to  study  the Sun.
- o XPoSAT-  The  X-Ray  Polarimeter  Satellite,  India's  first dedicated  polarimetry  mission  to  study  the  dynamics  of bright astronomical X-ray sources in extreme conditions.
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- Radar Imaging Satellite - RISAT 1B.
-  The Reusable Launch Vehicle Landing Experiment [RLV-LEX] is also scheduled during early 2023.
-  3  flights  of  GSLV  are  planned  to  be  held,  carrying  NVS-01, INSAT-3DS and NISAR spacecrafts respectively.
-  The  configuration  and  design  of  various  systems  related  to Gaganyaan is completed and the  programme has entered the realization  and  testing  phase.  The  first  test  vehicle  mission, TV-D1, is planned in mid-2023.
-  The launch of SSLV D3 is also planned in 2023.
-  Chandrayaan-3 -the follow-up mission to Chandrayaan-2, intended to demonstrate soft landing on the lunar surface, to be launched aboard the LVM3.
-  Besides,  a  host  of  private  sector  activities,  including  launch vehicles and satellite launches, are also expected to happen in 2023.

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