Further, Isro is hoping the achieve at least 2 — second test vehicle demonstration (#TVD2) and first uncrewed mission (#G1) of #Gaganyaan — by the end of 2024, while work on integrated air-drop test (#IADT) and pad abort test (#PAT) is also progressing.“For G1, the rocket has reached the spaceport. Both S200s (boosters) are ready while the L110 (Vikas engine) arrived three months ago. The launch vehicle will carry a new cryo stage, the C-32 and not the C-25 which is a longer and different version……That stage is being made for the first time for Gaganyaan. Last week (of Sept) it went through the entire propellant loading mock-up — it was taken to the launchpad, did all the filling trials and brought back,” Somanath said.He said Isro was ready with the rocket fully. The crew module is in the integration — propulsion and mechanical systems — phase at VSSC & service module wiring is going on at URSC. “So, items are coming now. Crew escape system is ready and moved to the spaceport,” he added.Reiterating that #G1 would carry #Vyomitra, the half-humanoid, Somanath said the mission will also carry an unpressurized engineering model of the Environmental Control and Life Support System (ECLSS).“We have a different design to test it. One seat will have Vyomitra and one will have ECLSS. That’s the mass simulation model,” he said. He emphasised that work is progressing simultaneously on G1, TV-D2, the Pad Abort Test (PAT), and the Integrated Air-Drop Test (IADT).
