Gaganyaan

Built & Operated By
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
Government · founded 1940
Maiden Flight
21 OCT 2023
Flight Life
Up to seven days in orbit
About
Gaganyaan is an Indian crewed orbital spacecraft intended to be the formative spacecraft of the Indian Human Spaceflight Programme.
Spacecraft Specifications
Height
3.58 m
Diameter
3.5 m
Crew Capacity
3
Rating
Human-rated
Capability
The spacecraft is being designed to carry three people, and a planned upgraded version will be equipped with rendezvous and docking capability.
Operational History
This Hindustan Aeronautics Limited manufactured crew module had its first uncrewed experimental flight on 18 December 2014 as part of a suborbital test flight of the GSLV Mark III rocket.