Low-Altitude Escape Motor Test For Gaganyaan Mission Successfully Completed By ISRO

A crucial milestone in ISRO¡¯s Gaganyaan human spaceflight mission was completed yesterday, with the successful deployment of the Low-Altitude Escape Motor of the crew escape system from Sriharikota spaceport. revealed a PTI report.

Representational Image: PTI

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According to ISRO, the crew escape system essentially detaches the crew module of Gaganyaan in case of any eventuality to rescue the astronauts.

It provides an ability to abort the mission during the initial phase of flight by delivering required thrust that detaches the crew module from the launch vehicle.

These static tests are crucial as their primary objective is to evaluate motor ballistic parameters, validate motor subsystem performance and confirm the design margins, while also validating the integrity of all interfaces, says the space agency.

SPARK

Along with this, ISRO unveiled SPARK -- a virtual space museum to showcase digital content regarding various ISRO missions in an interactive manner. It said in a statement, that the platform will host several documents, images and videos related to ISRO launch vehicles, satellites and scientific missions.

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ISRO Chairman and Secretary in the Department of Space, S Somanath appreciated the initiative, calling it a more ¡®non sensitive¡¯ digital content to be brought on the platform for use by different stakeholders.

You can visit the beta version of the app via ISRO¡¯s website or at Spacepark.isro.gov.in.

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