The document outlines India's space vision for 2025, which includes developing satellite-based rural connectivity systems, enhanced imaging for resource management, space science missions, and planetary exploration. It describes India's existing launch vehicle family and capabilities for Mars, Venus, and asteroid missions. The vision also involves developing a heavy lift launcher, reusable launch vehicles, and human space flight missions using GSLV MkIII and a crew module. The goal is to develop advanced propulsion technologies like air-breathing and cryogenic engines to enable interplanetary missions and ultimately lower-cost single-stage-to-orbit vehicles.
2. CONTENTS
• Introduction to major points
• Description of the space vision: 2025
• Types of launch vehicles
• Missions to Mars, Venus, Asteroids
• Human Space Missions
• Summarization
3. MAJOR POINTS
• Satellite based communication systems for
rural connectivity
• Enhanced imaging capability for natural
resource management
• Space science missions
• Planetary exploration
• Development of Heavy lift launcher
• Reusable Launch Vehicles - Technology
demonstrator missions leading to Two Stage
To Orbit (TSTO)
• Human Space Flight
12. Indian Human Space Flight Programme
To develop a space vehicle to carry crew of two to LEO and return safely to a
predetermined destination on earth
Crew escape system (ces)
Crew module
Service module
Orbital vehicle
13. Human Space Mission : Vehicle configuration
GSLV MkII Manned Configuration Manned capsule
Launch
Escape
System
Vehicle Height : 51.5 m
Lift-off Mass : 417 t Crew Module
Service Module
14. Indian Space Transportation Vision 2025
Indigenous Cryogenic Upper Stage (CUS) 2009
Geo Synchronous Launch Vehicle MK III
2010
Semi cryogenic Engines
2015
Indian Human Space Mission
Reusable Launch Vehicle 2016
High thrust cryogenic Engine Boosters
2017
Air- breathing Engines
2018 Interplanetary Mission to beyond MARS
Advanced Propulsion for Planetary Exploration
2020 Two Stage To Orbit to reduce the Cost
Single Stage To Orbit using Air breathing Propulsion
2025