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08/03/23 09:08 AM IST

Gaganyaan mission

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  • ISRO conducted the Rail Track Rocket Sled deployment tests of the Gaganyaan Pilot and Apex Cover Separation (ACS) parachutes in cluster configurations at the Terminal Ballistics Research Laboratory (TBRL), Chandigarh recently.
About ACS Parachutes
  • These pilot parachutes are used in the Gaganyaan mission to extract and deploy the main parachutes independently.
  • The ACS parachutes are used in the Gaganyaan mission to separate the apex cover mounted on the Crew Module.
  • Both pilot and ACS parachutes were deployed using a pyrotechnic mortar device.
  • The Gaganyaan parachute system development has been a joint effort by VSSC, Thiruvananthapuram and Aerial Delivery Research and Development Establishment (ADRDE), Agra.
Gaganyaan Mission
  • Gaganyaan is an Indian crewed orbital spacecraft that is intended to send 3 astronauts to space for a minimum of seven days by 2022.
  • Launched by- ISRO's Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle GSLV Mk III (3 stages heavy-lift vehicle)
  • Components- Consists of a service module and a crew module, collectively known as an Orbital Module (Crew Module carries astronauts & Service Modules carries propellants.)
  • ISRO to send humanoid Vyommitra in unmanned Gaganyaan spacecraft ahead of human spaceflight (Monitoring module parameters).
Source- India Today

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