The uprighting system is a device that helps the crew module stay upright when it lands in the sea after a mission. They’re going to test this system in the second test mission called TV-D2.
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is planning to test a crew module uprighting system to make sure that when a crew module lands in the sea after a space mission, it stays upright and doesn’t flip over in the water.
In a previous mission called TV-D1, a basic crew module didn’t have this system, and it ended up floating upside down when it was recovered from the Bay of Bengal. The TV-D1 mission was part of getting ready for ISRO’s first human spaceflight mission, Gaganyaan, which is expected to happen around 2024-25.
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To fix this issue, ISRO is going to test the crew module uprighting system in a second test mission called TV-D2. This test will happen next year on a new test vehicle before they do a full unmanned test flight into space with the crew module on the LVM3 rocket for the Gaganyaan mission.
In the first test of the crew module escape system during the TV D1 mission, they successfully simulated an abort sequence during the launch of a human mission. They got all the data they needed from this test, which is a big step forward.
“Everything in this mission is brand new. The test vehicle, the crew escape system, and the crew module are all new and developed from scratch, which was a big challenge. The planning and design of the mission were crucial. We’ve collected data from all three systems, and everything is going as planned,” the scientist explained.