- February 3, 2023
Government taking steps to build indigenous capability for space tourism: Minister | India News – Times of India
NEW DELHI: The central government is taking all measures to augment domestic capacity for future realisation of space tourism, space minister Jitendra Singh said.
In a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday, Jitendra Singh said Isro has also carried out a few feasibility studies for a sub-orbital space tourism mission onboard a liquid propellant stage booster. Singh said through Gaganyaan, India’s maiden human spaceflight programme, Isro is engaged in development of various technologies, which are essential building blocks for human space missions.
The minister informed that the objective of the Gaganyaan programme is the demonstration of human spaceflight capability to low-earth orbit. Future missions will be taken up after the accomplishment of the Gaganyaan mission, he added.
The Gaganyaan manned mission, whose launch is due in 2024, envisages demonstration of human spaceflight capability by launching three crew members to an orbit of 400 km for three days and bringing them back safely to the Earth by landing in the sea. Isro’s well-proven and reliable heavy-lift launcher LVM3 is identified as the launch vehicle for Gaganyaan. It consists of a solid stage, liquid stage and a cryogenic stage.
All systems in LVM3 are re-configured to meet human-rating requirements (HLVM3). HLVM3 consists of a crew escape system, powered by a set of quick acting, high-burn rate solid motors that ensure that the crew module is taken to a safe distance in case of any emergency either at the launchpad or during the ascent phase.
Orbital module (OM), which will orbit the Earth, comprises the crew module (CM) and a service module (SM). The OM is equipped with state-of-the-art avionics systems with adequate redundancy considering human safety. The SM will be used for providing necessary support to the crew module while in orbit. It is an unpressurised structure containing a thermal system, propulsion system, power systems, avionics systems and deployment mechanisms.
In a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday, Jitendra Singh said Isro has also carried out a few feasibility studies for a sub-orbital space tourism mission onboard a liquid propellant stage booster. Singh said through Gaganyaan, India’s maiden human spaceflight programme, Isro is engaged in development of various technologies, which are essential building blocks for human space missions.
The minister informed that the objective of the Gaganyaan programme is the demonstration of human spaceflight capability to low-earth orbit. Future missions will be taken up after the accomplishment of the Gaganyaan mission, he added.
The Gaganyaan manned mission, whose launch is due in 2024, envisages demonstration of human spaceflight capability by launching three crew members to an orbit of 400 km for three days and bringing them back safely to the Earth by landing in the sea. Isro’s well-proven and reliable heavy-lift launcher LVM3 is identified as the launch vehicle for Gaganyaan. It consists of a solid stage, liquid stage and a cryogenic stage.
All systems in LVM3 are re-configured to meet human-rating requirements (HLVM3). HLVM3 consists of a crew escape system, powered by a set of quick acting, high-burn rate solid motors that ensure that the crew module is taken to a safe distance in case of any emergency either at the launchpad or during the ascent phase.
Orbital module (OM), which will orbit the Earth, comprises the crew module (CM) and a service module (SM). The OM is equipped with state-of-the-art avionics systems with adequate redundancy considering human safety. The SM will be used for providing necessary support to the crew module while in orbit. It is an unpressurised structure containing a thermal system, propulsion system, power systems, avionics systems and deployment mechanisms.
