Gaganyaan Abort Mission

  • ISRO will undertake the first milestone of the Gaganyaan Mission - the first abort demonstration mission - in the last quarter of 2022.
  • The abort missions are meant to test the systems that can help the crew escape from the spacecraft mid-flight in case of a failure.
  • For the abort missions, the space agency has developed test vehicles that can send the systems up to a certain height, simulate failure, and then check the escape system.
  • Gaganyaan’s escape system was designed with five “quick-acting” solid fuel motors with a high burn rate propulsion system, and fins to maintain ....
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