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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 missions to . 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.

Program Overview

https://www.unoosa.org/documents/pdf/copuos/stsc/2019/tech-47E.pdf

Program Status as of End of March 2022

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Additional information for the curious

IRSO Annual Report 2021-2022
IRSO Annual Report 2020-2021
IRSO Annual Report 2019-2020
IRSO Annual Report 2018-2019
IRSO Annual Report 2017-2018
IRSO Annual Report 2016-2017
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