Vehicle: Launch Vehicle Mark-3 (GSLV Mk III)Credit: ISRO · Launch Library 2
First uncrewed orbital test flight of the Gaganyaan capsule.
- Target orbit
- LEO · Low Earth Orbit
- Mission type
- Test Flight
- Payload
- Gaganyaan-1
Mission Update
NET November.
Indian Space Research Organization/Launch Vehicle Mark-3 (GSLV Mk III)·Satish Dhawan Space Centre Second Launch Pad
LVM-3 | Gaganyaan-1
Orbit: LEO·Type: Test Flight
Countdown to T-0
GMT Time
Spaceport
To Be Determined
To Be DeterminedMission Elapsed Time
T+ 00:00:00
Target Liftoff (UTC)2026-11-30 00:00:00 UTC
Upper StageGaganyaan G1
Recovery Scheduled
The Gaganyaan spacecraft will splashdown in the Bay of Bengal after this flight.
Location: Bay of Bengal
Target liftoff time (UTC)
00:00:00 UTC
Monday, 30 November 2026
Planned T-0 liftoff
00:00:00 UTCWindow open
00:00:00 UTCPlanned ignition
00:00:00 UTCWindow close
- Rocket family
- GSLV
- Height
- 43.4m
- Diameter
- 4m
- Payload to LEO
- 10,000kg
- Liftoff thrust
- 11,898kN
- Stages
- 0 (optional 3rd)
- Inaugural flight
- 2014-12-18
- Configuration
- Expendable
- Stages
- 0–3
- Pad name
- Satish Dhawan Space Centre Second Launch Pad
- Complex
- Satish Dhawan Space Centre
- Location
- India
- Latitude
- 13.7199°
- Longitude
- 80.2304°
- Operator
- Indian Space Research Organization