Indian crew module,CARE.
The cup cake-shaped crew module is 2.5 metre tall and 3.5 metre in diameter."The three tonne weighing crew module would use four set of parachutes to safely land on the surface of the sea at 7 metre per second. It will land some 180 km from Indira Point of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. From the lift off to the crew module splashing into the sea, it will take around 20 minutes," said S Unnikrishnan Nair, Project Director of the Crew Module programme.
The capsule, tentatively designed to carry three astronauts, would be recovered by Indian Coast Guard ships. A practice of the recovery was done on October 31 with Coast Guard ship ICGS Samudra Paheredar, he added.
http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/india-to-push-next-space-frontier-with-launch-of-crew-module-in-mid-december-627603So in brief
CREW MODULE
1) Name - CARE
2) Dimention - 2.5m tall,3.5m dia
3) Mass - 3.6 tonnes
4) Capacity - 3 crew
Mission profile :-
1) Launch Date - Dec 15-20
2) Expenditure - Crew module - 2.4 million $
GSLV 3 - 22.5 million $
3) Orbit - Suborbital(126 km)
4) Splashdown - 180 kms from Indira point in Andaman island
5) Total duration - 20 mins
The cup cake-shaped crew module is 2.5 metre tall and 3.5 metre in diameter.
Those dimensions seem reversed.
The similar Soyuz capsule is 2.2 meters in diameter.
Also, note that it seems that the capsule will be launched upside down. I have never heard of a crewed spacecraft launched upside down as a part of a test.
Thanks for the post @abhishek! I think the photo perspective makes the capsule seem a bit longer than it actually is.
"We will be having a morning launch for the experimental test flight on any day between December 15 and 20. The date will be finalized in another week," said SHAR director M Y S Prasad.
Good to see they are still sticking with a Dec launch
as of now.
Those dimensions seem reversed.
The similar Soyuz capsule is 2.2 meters in diameter.
Also, note that it seems that the capsule will be launched upside down. I have never heard of a crewed spacecraft launched upside down as a part of a test.
To me, some of the images (
1,
2) does make it appear that the capsule diameter is a bit larger than the height. But I could be wrong.
As regards to the orientation of the capsule, wouldn't it make sense to launch it upside down as depicted as this is a suborbital flight and there aren't any on-board engines to correct the orientation? That way, the capsule should re-enter the atmosphere bottom first. An orbital flight with a service module and orientation engines would follow a different profile though.. (EDIT: Just saw the flight profile pic posted above. It clarifies things a lot.)
The crew module that will be sent as a payload has a base diameter of 3.1 m and a height of 2.7 m, which is almost the size of a small bedroom and is much larger than the Russian manned mission’s crew module.
Explaining the intricacies of the project, CARE project director Dr. Unnikrishnan said that while the crew module, which has a lift-off mass of 3,735 kg, is not a full-fledged module, it is very similar in size and will use three sets of parachutes to ensure that it lands safely in the sea.
This runs contrary to some earlier reports that this crew module was smaller than Soyuz and Shenzhou, and I was left wondering if this would be able to carry 3 passengers. Maybe, they compared the size of the whole Soyuz/Shenzhou spacecrafts with their service and orbital modules against ISRO's re-entry capsule.
The cup cake-shaped crew module is 2.5 metre tall and 3.5 metre in diameter.
Those dimensions seem reversed.
The similar Soyuz capsule is 2.2 meters in diameter.
Also, note that it seems that the capsule will be launched upside down. I have never heard of a crewed spacecraft launched upside down as a part of a test.
Yes, the dimesions are reversed.
Measurements shown
here are closer to deccanchronicle's report. I dont know source of those images posted by antriksh though.
The cup cake-shaped crew module is 2.5 metre tall and 3.5 metre in diameter.
Those dimensions seem reversed.
The similar Soyuz capsule is 2.2 meters in diameter.
Also, note that it seems that the capsule will be launched upside down. I have never heard of a crewed spacecraft launched upside down as a part of a test.
Yes, the dimesions are reversed.
Now I am all confused. Well judging from photographs of hull and vibration test and integration I think Deccan is closer.
Why is this crew capsule going to fly up backwards, with the base pointing up?
Why is this crew capsule going to fly up backwards, with the base pointing up?
It does seem a bit strange (would you do strength tests of an automobile upside down?) but presumably this way they can test the heat shield without building the support structure that will ultimately transfer loads through it.
Why is this crew capsule going to fly up backwards, with the base pointing up?
It does seem a bit strange (would you do strength tests of an automobile upside down?) but presumably this way they can test the heat shield without building the support structure that will ultimately transfer loads through it.
I think it is arranged to omit the turn around procedure, to reduce complexity of the first test flight of the crew capsule.
