In a few weeks’ time, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will be conducting a high altitude abort test of its crewed space vehicle. This will be an uncrewed test, with the abort taking place at around 15 km altitude. There will be several more test launches of various kinds over the coming year. The first crewed orbital mission is currently scheduled for end-2024, but as some of the other tests have slipped back a few months it wouldn’t surprise me if that launch actually takes place in early 2025.
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ISRO Chairman S Somanath on Thursday said the first test for the Gaganyaan crew module mission will take place in August. Addressing reporters in Bengaluru, the ISRO chairman stated that while the test mission was to be undertaken in July, this would not be the case.“The first test mission was initially meant to take place in July, but will possibly take place in August. Gaganyaan was scheduled for launch in 2022. But due to the pandemic, we faced a huge delay of nearly a year-and-half. Our thinking is that we don’t want to rush the mission.