Gaganyaan

18 Nov

L&T delivers rocket booster for Indian human space flight

Bengaluru: Infrastructure major Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has delivered the first hardware -- a rocket booster for the launch vehicle of India's maiden human space flight Gaganyaan -- to the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), an official said on Tuesday. "The hardware, a booster segment, will be used in the heavy rocket for launching the country's first manned mission Gaganyaan into the earth's lower orbit with three Indian astronauts in 2021-22," a company official said here.K. Sivan, Chairman of the state-run ISRO, received the hardware, which is the middle segment of the solid propellant rocket booster (S-200). "The booster segment was…

12 Jun

GSLV’s first test flight for India’s human space mission delayed

Chennai: The first unmanned test flight of Indian rocket Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV), as part of the country's human space mission Gaganyaan, will not happen this year, said officials.The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) had planned the first of the two test flights later this year. "The first flight of the rocket as part of Gaganyaan mission will not happen this year (2020)," a senior ISRO official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, told IANS.While the actual reason for the delay is not known, perhaps the Covid-19 lockdown had its impact on the first test flight. In his address at…