Mission Gaganyaan: After the successful launch of Chandrayaan-3, ISRO (ISRO) has also stepped up preparations for India’s first space manned mission Gaganyaan-1. The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has successfully tested the Gaganyaan Service Module Propulsion System (SMPS). The test was conducted at the ISRO Propulsion Complex (IPRC) at Mahendragiri.
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ISRO further informed that the hot test was conducted in the final configuration of the SMPS. During the test, the engineers fired five Liquid Apogee Motor (LAM) engines with a thrust of 440 N and sixteen Reaction Control System (RCS) thrusters with a thrust of 100 N.
ISRO successfully tested the Gaganyaan Service Module Propulsion System (SMPS) – which caters to the requirements of the Orbital Module – at IPRC, Mahendragiri.
The hot test was conducted in SMPS’s final configuration. https://t.co/yO0O1I77p2 pic.twitter.com/0Wn4KzGfTU
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