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Gaganyaan: ISRO to commence unmanned flight tests, preparations underway

The KCP Ltd is all set to hand over the Integrated Air Drop Test – Crew Module Structure to the Indian Space Research Organisation which is currently working on the Gaganyaan mission, said M Narayana Rao, President of Heavy Engineering, KCP on Friday. Speaking to ANI, Rao said, “It's a basic test module for the Gaganyaan mission. ISRO will commence unmanned flight tests for the Gaganyaan mission for which the preparations for the Flight Test Vehicle Abort Mission-1 are underway, the Indian space agency said. Nilesh Desai, Director of the Space Applications Center at ISRO Ahmedabad earlier said that a test vehicle, known as Test Vehicle D1 is scheduled for launch by October end.

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