ISRO inches close to Gaganyaan mission with successful development of key engine

THE Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has taken a step closer to the Gaganyaan Mission with the successful development of a key engine.

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The two hot tests conducted, early this month, for the Gaganyaan Service Module Propulsion System (SMPS) have been completed, ISRO said.

“ISRO has successfully completed the development of Service Module Propulsion System (SMPS) for Gaganyaan Mission with the completion of the qualification test programme,” said ISRO, in a statement.

The space agency on Friday conducted a full-duration hot test of SMPS for 350s to validate the integrated performance of the SMPS for flight off-nominal mission profile of SM-based mission abort. “The overall performance of the propulsion system during the hot test was normal as per pretest predictions,” ISRO said.