The test was a joint effort of ISRO, Indian Air Force, DRDO, Indian Navy, and Indian Coast Guard.
- Additionally, ISRO is also preparing for upcoming tests such as the second Test Vehicle Demonstration (TV-D2) mission and the first uncrewed Gaganyaan mission (G1).
About Integrated Air Drop Test (IADT-01)
- It involved end-to-end demonstration of parachute-based deceleration system.
- It was a critical exercise to validate the parachute system that will bring back astronauts safely under the Ganganyaan mission.
About Gaganyaan Mission
- Envisages demonstration of human spaceflight capability by launching crew of 3 members to an orbit of 400 km for a 3 days mission and bring them back safely to earth.
- Launch vehicle: Human rated LVM3 (HLVM3).
- HLVM3 is a re-configured version of LVM3 (formerly known as the GSLV Mk-III) consisting of three-stage rocket - solid stage, liquid stage, and cryogenic stage, to meet human rating requirement.
- Successful launch of Gaganyaan will make India only the 4th country (after the US, Russia, and China) that have launched crewed spacecraft.
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