Gaganyaan: spacecraft history, specs and record
Gaganyaan is an Indian crewed orbital spacecraft intended to be the formative spacecraft of the Indian Human Spaceflight Programme.
Record
1 launch, 1 built and flown.
At a glance
- Type: Capsule
- Built by: Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
- Status: In use
- Crew: Up to 3
- First flight: 2023-10-21
- Height: 3.58 m
- Diameter: 3.5 m
History
This Hindustan Aeronautics Limited manufactured crew module had its first uncrewed experimental flight on 18 December 2014 as part of a suborbital test flight of the GSLV Mark III rocket.