SRIHARIKOTA: The perfect launch of Chandrayaan-3 on Friday has come as a shot in the arm for Gaganyaan-1.
For, a modified version of the same rocket LVM-3 will be used for Indias maiden manned mission.LVM-3 has injected Chandrayaan-3 into the precise orbit, once again proving it is the most reliable heavy-lift vehicle of Isro, said S Mohan Kumar, project director of LVM-3 and mission director of Fridays launch.Read AlsoThe people behind the Chandrayaan-3 mission and what they saidNEW DELHI: Isro on Friday successfully launched the LVM3 in its fourth operational mission and put the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft into the intended orbit.
If all goes as per plan, the Chandrayaan-3 lander, Vikram, should touch down on the lunar surface at around 5.47pm on August 23, after 40 days ofChandrayaan-3, Isro's third lunar mission, successfully launched into orbitIsro on Friday successfully launched the LVM3 in its fourth operational mission and put the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft into the intended orbit.
If all goes as per plan, the Chandrayaan-3 lander, Vikram, should touch down on the lunar surface at around 5.47pm on August 23, after 40 days of journeyChandrayaan-3, Isro's third lunar mission, successfully launched into orbitIsro on Friday successfully launched the LVM3 in its fourth operational mission and put the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft into the intended orbit.
If all goes as per plan, the Chandrayaan-3 lander, Vikram, should touch down on the lunar surface at around 5.47pm on August 23, after 40 days of journeyHe said the rocket used multiple systems that are being human-rated (enhancing reliability to ensure safety of humans being transported).For Fridays launch, we used the human-rated solid strap-on motors.
The L110 Vikas engine is also human-rated, he said.
TOI had reported about Isros plans to use human-rated systems on LVM-3 launches that arent part of the Gaganyaan mission so as to re-ascertain their capability.Isro chairman S Somanath said this is part of making all rockets more efficient and reliable.
All human-rated elements will now start flying even on non-human-rated LVM-3 missions.
The last mission had the human-rated S200s and in the next mission, more such elements will be added, Somanath told TOI ahead of Fridays launch.The Isro chairman said the rating of the Gaganyaan launch vehicle is almost done.
The propulsion modules solid, liquid and cryogenic have undergone tests successfully and the remaining elements of the rocket have been reverified and qualified to the extent that we can call them human-rated, he said.S Unnikrishnan Nair, director, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, which produces LVM-3, said the teams have met all targets.
We are implementing some human-rated systems as and when we can in missions like todays.
Except for quad-electronics (electronic systems that will have quadruple redundancies), which will only be tested on the first crewless mission (planned next year), all human-rated systems have been tested.
The software is being tested,A modified version of rocket LVM-3 will be used for Indias maiden manned mission Gaganyaan-1.WatchMission Chandrayaan-3 on track: Watch the best moments of the launch from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre