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#600 by sanman on 13 Apr, 2020 22:59
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Coronavirus Stalls Indian Astronaut Training in Russia, But ISRO Says Will Meet Launch Deadline
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/covid-19-stalls-4-indian-astronauts-training-in-russia-for-gaganyaan-but-isro-says-will-meet-launch-deadline/articleshow/75090334.cms -
#601 by A.K. on 15 Apr, 2020 04:38
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(note his repeated critique of Gaganyaan as "muscular nationalism" which his party disdains)
Actually so.
I know it's a political comment but not only in space. Defence industry to indigenisation of vital technologies, Indian National Congress has been very antipathic to India's local industries since late 90s in name of opposition of nationalism (as any standard left party, they too became an opposition to identity and nationalistic politics later). For instance funding for many military projects have been intermittently going up and down with change in government.
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#602 by sanman on 18 Apr, 2020 07:35
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ISRO Chairman Dr Sivan says they'll wait until lockdown is over before revising/confirming timelines for Gaganyaan and other major projects:
https://www.theweek.in/news/sci-tech/2020/04/11/will-covid-19-delay-isro-aditya-gaganyaan-chandrayaan3.htmlQuoteIndian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has been in lockdown since March 25, like the rest of India. "We, too, are working from home," ISRO Chairman K. Sivan told THE WEEK. "We cannot take any decision at this stage. We will have to wait for the lockdown to be lifted," he said.
Sivan added that all research and development and manufacturing were at a standstill, and only the work that is possible to be done from home, and through video conferencing, was being carried out.
Even the astronaut training of the four test pilots of the Indian Air Force has stopped in Russia because of pandemic restrictions. -
#603 by Olaf on 03 May, 2020 08:01
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#604 by chetan_chpd on 25 May, 2020 04:45
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i think there are many "actual" images of candidate 'gaganauts' and their training in the links mentioned...
https://twitter.com/writetake/status/1264087418879176705?s=20
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#605 by chetan_chpd on 11 Jun, 2020 04:25
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https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/timestopten/msid-76307713,card-76308005.cms?utm_source=nl_landingpage&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=timestop10_daily_newsletter
The first unmanned flight as part of the preparations for the Gaganyaan project, will now happen in 2021 with ISRO revisiting its plans due to Covid-19. The mission — which was likely to carry the womanoid prototype ‘Vyomitra’ — was originally scheduled for later this year. The pandemic is also going to delay Chandrayaan-3.
A senior scientist said: “As per the plans being given to us, the Gaganyaan unmanned flight is not on this year’s schedule which focusses on other satellite launches.” And with the flight pushed to next year, the overall timeline for Gaganyaan — which plans to send humans to space by 2022 — will also be affected.
ISRO chairman K Sivan told TOI: “With the present conditions, the unmanned flight may not be possible this year. We are planning about five to six missions, including the GISAT-1, whose launch was postponed earlier this year.”
According to the national space agency’s preparation plans for Gaganyaan, the manned flight is to be preceded by two unmanned ones that will test all systems before sending humans onboard. And the postponement of the first unmanned flight would now mean that ISRO will have to launch two unmanned missions next year if it has to keep the date set by PM Narendra Modi.
“Our plan is to take the humanoid in the unmanned flights. Whether we will launch two unmanned missions next year will depend on the emerging situations ... if Covid effects continue further, we may have to revisit some of our plans further,” Sivan said.
He added that even Chandrayaan-3, originally planned for end-2020 or January 2021, will be postponed. The plans clearly show that Chandrayaan-3 is slated for next year, and various teams have been working on it, another scientist said. “The configuration will be the same as Chandrayaan-2. We are working out details of various systems,” added Sivan. -
#606 by chetan_chpd on 30 Jun, 2020 04:27
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#607 by ddspaceman on 04 Jul, 2020 15:01
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#608 by sanman on 08 Jul, 2020 04:36
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#609 by zubenelgenubi on 08 Jul, 2020 04:50
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Interesting Tweet image, but not applicable to Gaganyaan training? If the initial crew stays in the spacecraft, then they don't need Neutral Buoyancy tank training for EVA?QuoteIndian Astronauts getting training in Russia for ISRO's first manned mission to Space
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#610 by baldusi on 08 Jul, 2020 15:06
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EVA is probably part of the cosmonaut certification curriculum. First you graduate as cosmonaut then you train for the mission.
Interesting Tweet image, but not applicable to Gaganyaan training? If the initial crew stays in the spacecraft, then they don't need Neutral Buoyancy tank training for EVA?QuoteIndian Astronauts getting training in Russia for ISRO's first manned mission to Space
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#611 by chota on 26 Jul, 2020 11:34
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One of the planned test vehicle to quality crew escape system in-flight
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#612 by SMS on 24 Aug, 2020 19:37
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https://science.thewire.in/space/isro-gaganyaan-unammaned-space-mission-delay-coronavirus/Quote
New Delhi: Hit by disruptions due to the coronavirus pandemic, the launch of India’s unmanned space mission under the first leg of Gaganyaan, planned for December 2020, is likely to be delayed, sources said.
It was part of the two unmanned missions to be undertaken by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) ahead of the planned launch of India’s maiden human spaceflight under Gaganyaan in December 2021.
The likely delay in the first unmanned mission was recently conveyed to the Space Commission, the apex policymaking body on space-related issues.
The Space Commission is headed by ISRO chairman and Department of Space secretary K. Sivan.
Two years ago, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced the human space mission in his Independence Day address.
The Gaganyaan mission aims to send a three-member crew to space for a period of five to seven days by 2022 when India completes 75 years of Independence.
ISRO had started planning for the mission accordingly. The first unmanned mission was planned in December 2020, the second unmanned mission in June 2021.
The final and the main component, the manned mission of Gaganyaan, was scheduled six months later in December 2021, much before the 2022 deadline.
ISRO had earlier indicated that there would be a delay in several missions as the space body’s work has been hit by disruptions due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Among the major projects that have been affected are Chandrayaan-3 and Gaganyaan. Chandrayaan-3, the third mission to the Moon, was scheduled later this year.
The sources said that efforts are on to stick to the deadline of 2022 for launching the human space mission.
“We will not be able to meet the deadline for the December 2020 launch of the unmanned mission. The coronavirus pandemic has led to several disruptions. This was also recently conveyed to the Space Commission,” a source said.
The sources added that staff members from ISRO’s different centres were infected. Only essential and process related work is on. Also, the related industry has been affected.
Even the training of four astronauts in Russia was hit due to the pandemic. However, the training has now resumed.
“Even if we are not able to launch the manned mission by December 2021, we have eight months to cover up for the time we have lost,” the source said.
The spacecraft will be placed in a low earth orbit of 300-400 kilometres. The total programme cost is expected to be less than Rs 10,000 crores.
In June, Jitendra Singh, minister of state in the Prime Minister’s Office, had said even though because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the training of four Indian astronauts in Russia had to be halted, yet the opinion of chairman ISRO and the scientific team is that there is a cushion period kept both in the training programme and launch deadline.
The training of astronauts has now been resumed and the launch is scheduled to take place as planned, before the 75th anniversary of India’s independence in 2022, he had said. -
#613 by sanman on 25 Aug, 2020 16:16
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One of the planned test vehicle to quality crew escape system in-flight
So as per the first slide on Steve's post here:
https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=32023.msg2119554#msg2119554
We can see the same rocket listed under ADMIRE.
So the ADMIRE reusable booster will be used to test the in-flight abort for the crew module escape system.
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#614 by SMS on 07 Sep, 2020 19:38
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http://en.roscosmos.ru/21656/Quote
Russia to make spacesuits for Indian cosmonauts
September 07, 2020, 14:15 GMT
Research, Development & Production Enterprise Zvezda under the contract of Glavkosmos with the Human Spaceflight Centre of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has started manufacturing personal flight equipment for the Indian cosmonauts undergoing training in Russia.
"On September 3, Indian cosmonauts who have been training for a spaceflight in Russia under the contract of Glavkosmos, visited Zvezda, where their anthropometric parameters were measured for the subsequent production of spacesuits. The contract also provides for the production of individual seats and custom-made couch liners," said CEO of Glavkosmos Dmitry Loskutov.
The contract for the production and delivery of individual equipment kits for Indian cosmonauts was signed by Glavkosmos and the Human Spaceflight Centre of ISRO on March 11, 2020. Indian cosmonauts have been training in Russia since February 10, 2020. -
#615 by sanman on 05 Oct, 2020 14:02
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Here's a further small boilerplate image taken from yet another govt presentation slideshow, depicting a more expanded Indian Space Station
[courtesy of gareebscientist]
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#616 by A.K. on 11 Nov, 2020 06:48
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https://www.onmanorama.com/news/nation/2020/11/10/gaganyaan-unplugged-adrde-recovery-system-manned-space-mission-india.html
Gaganyaan Unplugged-7: ADRDE recovery system to play critical role during India’s manned missionQuoteIn Gaganyaan, India’s manned Human Spaceflight Programme (HSP), this extremely critical event will will be executed by home-grown parachutes made by the Agra-based Aerial Delivery Research and Development Establishment (ADRDE).
QuoteThe upcoming unmanned mission of Gaganyaan (5,000 kg weight class module) will be incorporated with the parachute system of ADRDE, which will recover the space module safely after re-entry, from 7 km altitude to sea level.
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#617 by Shan on 12 Nov, 2020 01:14
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https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/timestopten/msid-76307713,card-76308005.cms?utm_source=nl_landingpage&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=timestop10_daily_newsletter
The first unmanned flight as part of the preparations for the Gaganyaan project, will now happen in 2021 with ISRO revisiting its plans due to Covid-19. The mission — which was likely to carry the womanoid prototype ‘Vyomitra’ — was originally scheduled for later this year. The pandemic is also going to delay Chandrayaan-3.
A senior scientist said: “As per the plans being given to us, the Gaganyaan unmanned flight is not on this year’s schedule which focusses on other satellite launches.” And with the flight pushed to next year, the overall timeline for Gaganyaan — which plans to send humans to space by 2022 — will also be affected.
ISRO chairman K Sivan told TOI: “With the present conditions, the unmanned flight may not be possible this year. We are planning about five to six missions, including the GISAT-1, whose launch was postponed earlier this year.”
According to the national space agency’s preparation plans for Gaganyaan, the manned flight is to be preceded by two unmanned ones that will test all systems before sending humans onboard. And the postponement of the first unmanned flight would now mean that ISRO will have to launch two unmanned missions next year if it has to keep the date set by PM Narendra Modi.
“Our plan is to take the humanoid in the unmanned flights. Whether we will launch two unmanned missions next year will depend on the emerging situations ... if Covid effects continue further, we may have to revisit some of our plans further,” Sivan said.
He added that even Chandrayaan-3, originally planned for end-2020 or January 2021, will be postponed. The plans clearly show that Chandrayaan-3 is slated for next year, and various teams have been working on it, another scientist said. “The configuration will be the same as Chandrayaan-2. We are working out details of various systems,” added Sivan.
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#618 by PonRam on 16 Nov, 2020 12:40
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S200 casing flagged off for the first un-mannned Gaganyaan mission.
https://www.isro.gov.in/update/16-nov-2020/s200-motor-case-gaganyaan-first-unmanned-mission-flaggedQuoteNov 16, 2020
S200 Motor case for Gaganyaan first Unmanned Mission Flagged Off
ISRO’s heavy lift launcher, GSLV MkIII is identified for the Gaganyaan Mission and the process for human rating of GSLV MkIII is in progress. The high thrust solid propellant strap-on boosters S200 play an important role in the Human Rated GSLV MkIII. In order to human rate the booster, many new design features have been introduced in the hardware.
In yet another successful industry collaboration, the first critical booster segment of the motor case with a diameter of 3.2 meter, 8.5 meter in length and weighing 5.5 tons has been indigenously developed and delivered by L&T to ISRO. This is the first step towards the Unmanned Space Mission and was flagged off on November 13, 2020 by Dr. K. Sivan, Secretary, Department of Space and Chairman ISRO, and Shri. Jayant Damodar Patil, Director & Senior EVP Defence & Smart Technologies, L&T.
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#619 by A.K. on 16 Nov, 2020 15:30
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S200 casing flagged off for the first un-mannned Gaganyaan mission.
Wondering what kind of design changes they would bring in to boosters
https://www.isro.gov.in/update/16-nov-2020/s200-motor-case-gaganyaan-first-unmanned-mission-flagged