Archive · 23 Aug 2025
ISRO, IAF, Navy to Conduct Gaganyaan Test on Sunday
India's space agency, ISRO, along with the Air Force and Navy, is doing a test for its Gaganyaan mission.
They're dropping a capsule from a helicopter into the sea to see how it lands safely using parachutes, just like it would when astronauts come back from space.
The Navy will then fish out the capsule.
This test is one of many to make sure everything works right for when humans go into space.
ISRO, IAF, and Navy are conducting a Gaganyaan test.
The test, known as the Integrated Air Drop Test (IADT), involves dropping a capsule from a helicopter.
The test will use an empty capsule to simulate the actual astronaut-carrying capsule.
The Indian Navy will recover the capsule after splashdown.
This test is one of many for the Gaganyaan mission.
- Who
- ISRO, IAF, and Indian Navy.
- What
- Integrated Air Drop Test (IADT) for the Gaganyaan mission.
- When
- Planned for Sunday, August 24th.
- Where
- Bay of Bengal, off Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh.
- Why
- To test the safe splashdown and recovery of the astronaut-carrying capsule.
- Test Name
- Integrated Air Drop Test (IADT)
- Participating Agencies
- ISRO, IAF, Indian Navy
- Capsule Weight
- 4,000-4,500 kg
- Helicopter
- IAF Boeing CH-47 Chinook
- Drop Altitude
- 4,000 metres (4 km)
- Parachute Developer
- DRDO