Gaganyaan Mission: ISRO to Schedule First Uncrewed Test Flight in February 2024; Module to Land in Sea

On Saturday, the Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) 'S. Somanath' revealed that the space agency is planning to send up the first uncrewed Launch Vehicle Mark-3 rocket in February 2024 as part of the Gaganyaan Mission. The human module will land in the sea. He was speaking to reporters here after the successful launch of two Singaporean satellites, TeLEOS-2 and Lumilite-4, with the rocket Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV). Somanath said prior to that, there would be a test of the Gagayaan Mission in June this year, where the rocket will go up to 12-14 km and test its safety systems.