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title: "The World’s Best Kept Secret… India’s Gaganyaan Human Spaceflight Program"
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# The World’s Best Kept Secret… India’s Gaganyaan Human Spaceflight Program

Updated on January 3, 2023

The purpose of the Gaganyaan program is to demonstrate indigenous Indian capability to undertake human spaceflight missions to LEO. The program is currently approved for two unmanned and one manned missions.

Due to Covid delays, the first crewed flight is currently forecast to occur in 2024.

![](https://i0.wp.com/newspaceeconomy.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/img_4875.jpg?resize=696%2C870&ssl=1)

## Program Overview

![](https://i0.wp.com/newspaceeconomy.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/img_4883.jpg?resize=696%2C520&ssl=1)

![](https://i0.wp.com/newspaceeconomy.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/img_4896.jpg?resize=696%2C522&ssl=1)

![](https://i0.wp.com/newspaceeconomy.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/img_4897.jpg?resize=696%2C522&ssl=1)

![](https://i0.wp.com/newspaceeconomy.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/img_4898.jpg?resize=696%2C522&ssl=1)

![](https://i0.wp.com/newspaceeconomy.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/img_4899.jpg?resize=696%2C522&ssl=1)

![](https://i0.wp.com/newspaceeconomy.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/img_4900.jpg?resize=696%2C522&ssl=1)

![](https://i0.wp.com/newspaceeconomy.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/img_4901.jpg?resize=696%2C522&ssl=1)

*[https://www.unoosa.org/documents/pdf/copuos/stsc/2019/tech-47E.pdf](https://www.unoosa.org/documents/pdf/copuos/stsc/2019/tech-47E.pdf)*

## Program Status as of End of March 2022

[![](https://i0.wp.com/newspaceeconomy.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/annual_report_english-096-1.jpg?resize=696%2C985&ssl=1)](https://newspaceeconomy.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/india-human-spaceflight-program-status-fy-2021-to-2022.pdf)

*[Click image to read full status report](https://newspaceeconomy.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/india-human-spaceflight-program-status-fy-2021-to-2022.pdf)*

## Additional information for the curious

[IRSO Annual Report 2021-2022](https://newspaceeconomy.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/india-human-spaceflight-program-status-fy-2021-to-2022.pdf)

[IRSO Annual Report 2020-2021](https://newspaceeconomy.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/anual_report_2020-2021_english.pdf)

[IRSO Annual Report 2019-2020](https://newspaceeconomy.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/annual-report-2019-20-english.pdf)

[IRSO Annual Report 2018-2019](https://newspaceeconomy.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/annual-report-2018-19-english.pdf)

[IRSO Annual Report 2017-2018](https://newspaceeconomy.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/annualreport2017-18-en.pdf)

[IRSO Annual Report 2016-2017](https://newspaceeconomy.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/annual-report-2016-17.pdf)