ISRO conducts the Second Integrated Air Drop Test (IADT-02) for Gaganyaan at Satish Dhawan Space Centre, in Sriharikota, on April 10
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The crew module, the place the astronauts reside, orbits the earth at a excessive velocity of about 7,800 m/s. When the module returns to the earth and re-enters the environment, it faces the problem of shedding its kinetic power. Atmospheric drag itself acts as the first brake and takes away nearly all of its power, via aerobraking. To additional cut back its velocity for a tender touchdown, a multi-stage parachute system, initiated by pyro-actuated mortars, is deployed as soon as the module reaches desired altitude (beneath 12 km).
A typical restoration system consists of all of the objects required to soft-land the module in sea or on land after the aero braking section. This consists of parachutes, finding units to discover out the place the module has splashed down and the up-righting system to preserve the orientation of the module within the beneficial path in case of a sea touchdown. The SpaceX-Dragon, Gaganyaan and NASA Orion crew modules are typical examples for sea touchdown.
Published – April 15, 2026 07:31 pm IST
