Three-hour long maiden test flight of Gaganyaan mission to commence at 7 am on October 21

The test vehicle will be launched from Sriharikota spaceport to demonstrate the performance of the crew escape system, added the space agency.

“Mission Gaganyaan: The TV-D1 test flight is scheduled for October 21, 2023 between 7 am and 9 am from SDSC-SHAR, Sriharikota. #Gaganyaan,” wrote Isro on the micro-blogging site X (formerly twitter) on Monday.

Union minister of science and technology and space Jitendra Singh confirmed the October 21 launch last week.