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Indian Naval Divers and Marine Commandos undergo recovery training of crew module in varied sea conditions
India's maiden human space flight endeavour Mission Gaganyaan continues to see regular progress in the preparatory process. The first batch of crew recovery team of Mission Gaganyaan has completed Phase-1 of training at Indian Navy's Water Survival Training Facility (WSTF) at Kochi.
"Utilising the state of the art facility, the team comprising of Indian Naval Divers and Marine Commandos underwent recovery training of crew module in varied sea conditions," the Ministry of Defence said on Sunday (July 2, 2023). The team trained at WSTF will now be involved in recovery of test launches planned by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) in the forthcoming months.
The two-week training capsule covered a brief on the conduct of the mission, actions to be taken during medical exigencies and familiarisation with different aircraft and their rescue equipment. The training also validated the SOPs formulated jointly by the Indian Navy and ISRO.
Mission Gaganyaan envisages demonstration of human spaceflight capability by launching crew of three members to Low Earth Orbit (an orbit of 400 km) for a three-day mission and bring them back safely to earth, by landing in Indian sea waters. According to ISRO, various precursor missions are planned for demonstrating the Technology Preparedness Levels before carrying out the actual Human Space Flight mission.
The 'astronaut designates' for the human space flight mission have already been identified; they are currently undergoing their mission specific training at Bengaluru.
At the same time, ISRO is developing indigenous technologies for Human rated launch vehicle, Habitable Crew Module, Life Support System, Crew Escape System, Ground Station Network, Crew Training and Recovery. According to ISRO, these technologies are crucial to meet the objectives of Gaganyaan mission and to take up any further interplanetary missions.
In his written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha in December 2022, Union Minister of State Jitendra Singh had said that India’s maiden human space flight ‘H1’ mission is targeted to be launched in the fourth quarter of 2024.
Two Test Vehicle missions are planned before the ‘G1’ mission to demonstrate the performance of crew escape system and parachute-based deceleration system for different flight conditions. According to Singh, the uncrewed ‘G1’ mission is targeted to be launched in the last quarter of 2023 followed by the second uncrewed ‘G2’ mission in the second quarter of 2024, before the final human space flight ‘H1’ mission in the fourth quarter of 2024.
"Utilising the state of the art facility, the team comprising of Indian Naval Divers and Marine Commandos underwent recovery training of crew module in varied sea conditions," the Ministry of Defence said on Sunday (July 2, 2023). The team trained at WSTF will now be involved in recovery of test launches planned by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) in the forthcoming months.
The two-week training capsule covered a brief on the conduct of the mission, actions to be taken during medical exigencies and familiarisation with different aircraft and their rescue equipment. The training also validated the SOPs formulated jointly by the Indian Navy and ISRO.
Mission Gaganyaan envisages demonstration of human spaceflight capability by launching crew of three members to Low Earth Orbit (an orbit of 400 km) for a three-day mission and bring them back safely to earth, by landing in Indian sea waters. According to ISRO, various precursor missions are planned for demonstrating the Technology Preparedness Levels before carrying out the actual Human Space Flight mission.
The 'astronaut designates' for the human space flight mission have already been identified; they are currently undergoing their mission specific training at Bengaluru.
At the same time, ISRO is developing indigenous technologies for Human rated launch vehicle, Habitable Crew Module, Life Support System, Crew Escape System, Ground Station Network, Crew Training and Recovery. According to ISRO, these technologies are crucial to meet the objectives of Gaganyaan mission and to take up any further interplanetary missions.
In his written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha in December 2022, Union Minister of State Jitendra Singh had said that India’s maiden human space flight ‘H1’ mission is targeted to be launched in the fourth quarter of 2024.
Two Test Vehicle missions are planned before the ‘G1’ mission to demonstrate the performance of crew escape system and parachute-based deceleration system for different flight conditions. According to Singh, the uncrewed ‘G1’ mission is targeted to be launched in the last quarter of 2023 followed by the second uncrewed ‘G2’ mission in the second quarter of 2024, before the final human space flight ‘H1’ mission in the fourth quarter of 2024.
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