The ISRO has successfully carried out the second Integrated Air Drop Test (IADT-02) for its ambitious Gaganyaan at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Andhra Pradesh.<\/p>\n
The test is a critical milestone aimed at ensuring the safe recovery of the crew module \u2014 the capsule designed to carry astronauts \u2014 during re-entry and landing phases of the mission.<\/p>\n
Union Minister Jitendra Singh congratulated ISRO on the successful accomplishment, highlighting that the Gaganyaan mission is scheduled for its first human spaceflight next year.<\/p>\n
The IADT-02 follows the earlier successful test conducted on August 24, 2025, at the same facility. Air drop tests simulate the final stage of a spacecraft\u2019s return to Earth by releasing a module from an aircraft or helicopter to evaluate system performance under different scenarios.<\/p>\n
These tests assess crucial parameters such as parachute deployment in case of mission abort, system reliability even if a parachute fails, and the module\u2019s orientation and stability during splashdown.<\/p>\n
During the first test, a 4.8-tonne dummy crew module was dropped from a height of approximately three kilometres using a Chinook helicopter. A complex parachute system consisting of 10 parachutes was deployed, ensuring the module slowed down to a safe landing speed.<\/p>\n
The successful completion of IADT-02 marks another significant step forward in India\u2019s journey towards achieving human spaceflight capability.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The ISRO has successfully carried out the second Integrated Air Drop Test (IADT-02) for its ambitious Gaganyaan at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Andhra Pradesh. The test is a critical milestone aimed at ensuring the safe recovery of the crew module \u2014 the capsule designed to carry astronauts \u2014 during re-entry and landing phases […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":65618,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-65619","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-national"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65619"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65619\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}