Gaganyaan Launch / Test launch of Gaganyaan's crew module was successful - ISRO created history

Gaganyaan Launch: Encouraged by the success of Chandrayaan-3 and Aditya L-1, the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has created another history. Unmanned flight testing for Gaganyaan mission has been successfully completed. After fixing the initial technical glitch, ISRO's rocket took off with the crew module at 10 am and successfully completed the testing of the crew module. First, the timing of the test flight, which was supposed to start at 7 am, was changed and then it was stopped just five seconds before launch. After this, ISRO Chief S Somnath said that due to technical flaws it is being postponed at the moment. The vehicle is completely safe. After fixing the technical glitches, it was launched at 10 am and it successfully met all the test parameters.

#WATCH | Sriharikota: ISRO launches test flight for Gaganyaan mission after first test flight was aborted pic.twitter.com/pIbmjyJj3W

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Crew module recovered by Navy team

The Naval team, alert in the Bay of Bengal, has reached the crew module with the help of boats. The crew module has been recovered. Now the Navy team will hand it over to ISRO scientists. ISRO team will study this crew module and decide further planning based on the findings.

ISRO Chief announced success of the mission

ISRO Chief announced the success of the mission and said that the crew module and crew escape system were tested. After the weather problem, during the lift off process, the computer indicated a fault in the engine and the ISRO team immediately rectified it and we completed it successfully.

Test launch of Gaganyaan took place after fixing the flaws

After removing the technical glitches in the launch of Gaganyaan, it was launched again at 10 o'clock. The crew module took off from Sri Harikota. After take off, the rocket released the crew module at an altitude of 17 km. The crew module is slowly moving towards the sea through parachute.