India’s Manned Mission Tied to its Biggest Parachute Yet

[Chanakya's_Chant]

India’s Manned Mission Tied to its Biggest Parachute Yet

Space Capsule Recovery Experiment - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia​

SRIHARIKOTA: One giant chute for the module, one tiny step for ISRO. Forty-three years after Yuri Gagarin spent an entire day in space, the Indian Space Research Organisation is testing a module that may just carry an Indian or two in space, a “few years” from now. Preparing a test module called CARE (Crew Module Atmospheric Reentry Experiment) to be shot 126 km into orbit, this is an experimental mission that will help get approvals from the government to attempt manned space flight. “To gain confidence before our deadline, we have decided to test the Crew Recovery Module. But it is not a full fledged one that can carry people,” said M Y S Prasad, Director, Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota.

Though the launch is likely to happen between December 15 and 20, the brown-and-sand coloured module is being encapsulated in the heat shields on Sunday - after which it will only see light (or night?) when it is injected into space. Seeing as how the average astronaut requires at least 1.5 m3 (cubed) space to survive the crowded journey, a similar module could hold three of them, “There’s a lot of experimentation to go before that. At least two more years, after we get approval. So we will only know capacity then,” he added.

Not to take away from the space agency’s accomplishments, especially with the Mars Orbiter Mission, but a critical part of this mission depends on about 100 feet of nylon. “This is the largest parachute built in the country, with a diameter of 31 metres. There are three parachute systems that will deploy as the module hurtles down to earth and this will determine if it can withstand the velocity and land safely,” said S Somnath, Project Director of the GSLV MK III - the bigger and worse version of the rocket that will carry this module. The one that is as long as, well, a 100 feet road, actually has a twin chute that opens up as a backup.

Indian Navy Frogmen recovering the SRE-1 Capsule after splashdown in the Bay of Bengal.​

Designed at the Aerial Delivery Research and Development Establishment, Agra, the parachutes are made of high-density nylon and have been reinforced by kevlar at strategic points. “Imagine this module that is shot out at 5.3 km/s (or 19,080 kmph), which will take us to Sulurpet in less than a second,” laughed Somnath. “That has to be slowed down to a speed that doesn’t crash when it comes down towards the ocean. That is why we have designed three parachute systems - opening at altitudes of 15 km, 8 km and finally the big ones at 4 km.” More than the engines, the thrust and getting the orbit right, ISRO’s best and brightest have worked meticulously to ensure that the chutes open up right. “We had done a drop test from a height of 75 km over the ocean along with the Air Force and the Coast Guard,” he added.

If all goes well and the heat shield hold up to the 1600 degrees Celsius that will batter it on re-entry, then the module will gently splash down 600 km from the Andamans - and hopefully give ISRO a rocketload of data for when Indian men actually go where only Russian, Chinese and American men have gone before.

Source:- India’s Manned Mission Tied to its Biggest Parachute Yet -The New Indian Express

 

[karan21]

If this mission is successful, it could change Indian space program forever. Failure, and delay of over 5-7 years is inevitable.

 

[Indo-guy]

If this mission is successful, it could change Indian space program forever. Failure, and delay of over 5-7 years is inevitable.

No this mission will not change anything a lot ...

important thing is to have man rated vehicle ...and it will take few years to realize GSLV Mk III ...cryogenic engine is being tested ...but not ready yet.

India had conducted SRE 1 experiment before and we had small capsule in orbit for few days onboard which few experiments were conducted ...of course current ' crew module ' being tested is bigger .. but testing full fledged GSLV Mk III is much more important than mere testing of crew module ....

 

[Chanakya's_Chant]

First pic of ISRO's crew module, named CARE






The GSLV MK-III payload fairing (PLF) undergoes rigorous qualification process for the flight-readiness at the Acoustic Test Facility of NAL in Bangalore. CARE is to enclosed in PLF.

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[Indo-guy]

India’s Manned Mission Tied to its Biggest Parachute Yet

Space Capsule Recovery Experiment - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia​

SRIHARIKOTA: One giant chute for the module, one tiny step for ISRO. Forty-three years after Yuri Gagarin spent an entire day in space, the Indian Space Research Organisation is testing a module that may just carry an Indian or two in space, a “few years” from now. Preparing a test module called CARE (Crew Module Atmospheric Reentry Experiment) to be shot 126 km into orbit, this is an experimental mission that will help get approvals from the government to attempt manned space flight. “To gain confidence before our deadline, we have decided to test the Crew Recovery Module. But it is not a full fledged one that can carry people,” said M Y S Prasad, Director, Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota.

Though the launch is likely to happen between December 15 and 20, the brown-and-sand coloured module is being encapsulated in the heat shields on Sunday - after which it will only see light (or night?) when it is injected into space. Seeing as how the average astronaut requires at least 1.5 m3 (cubed) space to survive the crowded journey, a similar module could hold three of them, “There’s a lot of experimentation to go before that. At least two more years, after we get approval. So we will only know capacity then,” he added.

Not to take away from the space agency’s accomplishments, especially with the Mars Orbiter Mission, but a critical part of this mission depends on about 100 feet of nylon. “This is the largest parachute built in the country, with a diameter of 31 metres. There are three parachute systems that will deploy as the module hurtles down to earth and this will determine if it can withstand the velocity and land safely,” said S Somnath, Project Director of the GSLV MK III - the bigger and worse version of the rocket that will carry this module. The one that is as long as, well, a 100 feet road, actually has a twin chute that opens up as a backup.

Indian Navy Frogmen recovering the SRE-1 Capsule after splashdown in the Bay of Bengal.​

Designed at the Aerial Delivery Research and Development Establishment, Agra, the parachutes are made of high-density nylon and have been reinforced by kevlar at strategic points. “Imagine this module that is shot out at 5.3 km/s (or 19,080 kmph), which will take us to Sulurpet in less than a second,” laughed Somnath. “That has to be slowed down to a speed that doesn’t crash when it comes down towards the ocean. That is why we have designed three parachute systems - opening at altitudes of 15 km, 8 km and finally the big ones at 4 km.” More than the engines, the thrust and getting the orbit right, ISRO’s best and brightest have worked meticulously to ensure that the chutes open up right. “We had done a drop test from a height of 75 km over the ocean along with the Air Force and the Coast Guard,” he added.

If all goes well and the heat shield hold up to the 1600 degrees Celsius that will batter it on re-entry, then the module will gently splash down 600 km from the Andamans - and hopefully give ISRO a rocketload of data for when Indian men actually go where only Russian, Chinese and American men have gone before.

Source:- India’s Manned Mission Tied to its Biggest Parachute Yet -The New Indian Express

The title is absolutely sensationalistic and idiotic ...
who ever wrote that title does not know head or tail end of what manned mission entails ...


a small fact that this is not a manned mission is deliberately forgotten ...or sidelined to make title provocative .

 

[sathya]

this mission is near total experiment, S 200 engine, broader payload capsule, payload,

only cryogenic engine is not testfired ..

 

[karan21]

No this mission will not change anything a lot ...

important thing is to have man rated vehicle ...and it will take few years to realize GSLV Mk III ...cryogenic engine is being tested ...but not ready yet.

India had conducted SRE 1 experiment before and we had small capsule in orbit for few days onboard which few experiments were conducted ...of course current ' crew module ' being tested is bigger .. but testing full fledged GSLV Mk III is much more important than mere testing of crew module ....

LOl buddy I was talking about the mission as a whole not just the crew capsule. What do you think will happen if Mk3 blasts right after take off?? A big setback in my opinion.

 

[Abingdonboy]

Manned space missions are more for prestige than anything and that has its place for sure. But I would much prefer the GSLV Mk.III was operational and launching heavy Indian sats (both military and civilian) with high frequency annually. This would really help develop India.

 

[Indo-guy]

LOl buddy I was talking about the mission as a whole not just the crew capsule. What do you think will happen if Mk3 blasts right after take off?? A big setback in my opinion.

Indeed, this mission is very if india has to capture the multibillion dollar heavy satellite launch business. And yeh if the gslv mk iii blasts right after take off it will be very big setback . right now we are testing gslv mk iii without cryogenic stage. ..that means we have long way to go to achieve that capability.
As far as crew capsule is concerned- smaller version could have been tested even with pslv ...

 

[Luca1]

So is this for the 2021 manned mission predictions?

 

[Chanakya's_Chant]

So is this for the 2021 manned mission predictions?

There have been no allocations made for a human spaceflight programme in the ongoing 5 year plan which is to end in 2017 - this is to be targeted in the next five year plan from 2017-2022. It's a test of all of the technologies consolidated for the same purpose which will aid us in expanding our payload capability as well - It's the first test flight of GSLV Mark III with S-200 boosters and advanced PLF except for CE 20 cryogenic engine which is under development. CARE is an improvement over SRE-1 launched in 2007. The launch vehicle is to be operational by 2017 if the test flight performs well.

 

[Guynextdoor2]

LOl buddy I was talking about the mission as a whole not just the crew capsule. What do you think will happen if Mk3 blasts right after take off?? A big setback in my opinion.

part of the game. This is not a program for squeamish people. India must be reconciled that there may be disasters, that even people may die, but our commitment should continue.

 

[Echo_419]

So is this for the 2021 manned mission predictions?

I know it's hard for false flag to post something sensible
but please atleast try

 

[trident2010]

Best of luck ISRO !!

 

[Force-India]

Hurray