Archive · 5 Dec 2025
India's Gaganyaan mission to launch uncrewed flight before March 2025
India's space agency, ISRO, is planning to launch the first uncrewed flight of its Gaganyaan mission before March next year.
This is part of a series of seven launches scheduled between now and the first quarter of 2026.
The Gaganyaan mission aims to send astronauts to space, and there will be at least three uncrewed flights before that happens.
The government announced this plan in Parliament, with the Minister of Science and Technology confirming the details.
This is an exciting step for India's space program as it works towards its goal of human spaceflight.
India's Gaganyaan mission will have its first uncrewed flight before March 2025.
ISRO has planned seven launches between now and the first quarter of 2026.
At least three uncrewed flights are scheduled before astronauts are sent to space.
The announcement was made by Jitendra Singh, Minister of Science and Technology, in Parliament.
Gaganyaan is India's human spaceflight programme.
- Who
- ISRO (Indian Space Research Organization)
- What
- First uncrewed flight of India's Gaganyaan mission
- When
- Before March 2025
- Where
- India
- Why
- Part of the Gaganyaan human spaceflight programme
- Mission
- Gaganyaan
- Type
- Human spaceflight programme
- Organization
- ISRO
- Uncrewed Flights
- At least three planned
- Next Launch
- Before March 2025
- Total Launches Planned
- Seven between now and March 2026
- Announced By
- Jitendra Singh, Minister of Science and Technology