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Gaganyaan-1

LVM 3 (GSLV Mk III) · Satish Dhawan Space Centre Second Launch Pad, Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India

Liftoff in 16 days 17 h, time to be confirmed

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Liftoff
Status
Time to be confirmed
Vehicle
LVM 3 (GSLV Mk III)
Pad
Satish Dhawan Space Centre Second Launch Pad
Location
Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India
Orbit
Low Earth
Mission type
Test Flight
Provider
ISRO
Where it launches. Satish Dhawan Space Centre Second Launch Pad, ringed, seen from space: NASA VIIRS NOAA-20, Jul 15, 2026, about 256 km across, north up.

The mission

LVM 3 (GSLV Mk III) is set to launch Gaganyaan-1 for ISRO from Satish Dhawan Space Centre Second Launch Pad in Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India, Mon, Nov 30 · 12:00 AM UTC, a time still to be confirmed. Target orbit: Low Earth. Mission type: Test Flight. It is ISRO's 103rd launch.

First uncrewed orbital test flight of the Gaganyaan capsule.

Mission description from Launch Library 2.

See it on the radar: the countdown, the flight path and where to look from your ZIP code.

Can I see it?

Set your ZIP code on the radar to see how far you are from the pad.

Liftoff is before sunrise at the pad, and the rocket should climb high enough to reach sunlight while the ground below is dark. Sunlit exhaust can glow against the darker sky, the view people have reported from as far as about 590 mi (950 km).

It should head northeast from the pad. We guess the heading from the target orbit, so the real path can differ.

Whether you can see it depends on where you are, the weather and the exact time. Open it on Astro Radar with your ZIP code for a modeled estimate of where to look, worked out for every second of the flight. It is an estimate, not a promise.

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From Launch Library 2, as of Nov 13, 6:26 AM UTC. Times and status can change; the radar has the latest.