HAL Hands Over First Ever Gaganyaan Technology To ISRO

The Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) forwarded over the first combination of Gaganyaan technology to the Indian Space and Research Organisation (ISRO) on Monday, April 4, in preparation for India’s first human space journey as per Indian Express.

Statement of ISRO Chairman

“HAL has played and will maintain to play an important part in India’s present and future space missions, involving the Gaganyaan manned space mission, considering the capabilities and depth of knowledge inside the firm,” stated Isro Chairman S Somanath. The very initial batch of gear for India’s Human Spaceflight program was delivered to ISRO by India’s state-run Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL).

This gear, as per HAL, is the satellite’s satellite bus or exterior infrastructure, which is responsible for providing connectivity for the Gaganyaan operation.

How will this technology function?

Whereas the Satellite bus can be considered a skeleton, it does not take on its specific form until installed electronics, hardware, solar panels, and other components. The newly delivered satellite bus is the 150th of its kind produced by HAL. Somnath also cited indigenization and cost savings as significant hurdles in space missions and stated that commercial entities, in addition to HAL, will contribute to attaining these objectives. ISRO Chairman Dr. K.Sivan previously told WION that the agency plans to deploy two IDRSS spacecraft before the Gaganyaan Manned Space flight. These two IDRSS satellites will allow Indian astronauts to connect with base stations while the Gaganyaan spacecraft is put in a low earth orbit 400 kilometers above the planet.

For example, when Gaganyaan is orbiting the Earth but not observable to ground stations, it can transmit messages and connect with the IDRSS satellites above it, which would then transfer the information down to the ground installations and vice versa. This would secure that the astronauts and their ground management on Earth are in regular contact.