Gaganyaan will be launched from which centre?
- A.Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Thiruvananthapuram
- B.Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota
- C.Space Applications Centre, Ahmedabad
- D.U R Rao Satellite Centre, Bengaluru
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota. All Indian orbital launches, including the PSLV, GSLV and LVM3 flights, lift off from Sriharikota on the Andhra Pradesh coast, which has two operational launch pads. The site was renamed after Satish Dhawan, a former chairman of ISRO, and the TV-D1 abort test of 2023 also flew from there.
Option A, the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, develops launch vehicles and is not a launch site for orbital missions. Option C, the Space Applications Centre, works on payloads and satellite applications. Option D, the U R Rao Satellite Centre, builds and tests satellites. All three are ISRO centres, so the question rewards knowing which centre does what, and the coastal location of Sriharikota also matters because spent stages fall safely into the sea.
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Practice Questions
View allThe Gaganyaan mission will be launched by which vehicle?
- A.PSLV-XL
- B.GSLV Mk II
- C.Human-rated LVM3
- D.SSLV
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Gaganyaan will fly on the LVM3, the heaviest Indian launch vehicle, modified and certified for carrying human beings and then written as HLVM3.
Read the full explanation →Who was the first Indian to travel to space?
- A.Rakesh Sharma
- B.Kalpana Chawla
- C.Ravish Malhotra
- D.Sunita Williams
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Rakesh Sharma, then a Squadron Leader in the Indian Air Force, became the first Indian in space on 3 April 1984.
Read the full explanation →Rakesh Sharma travelled to space in 1984 aboard which spacecraft?
- A.Vostok 1
- B.Soyuz T-11
- C.Apollo 11
- D.Shenzhou-5
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Rakesh Sharma flew on Soyuz T-11, launched from Baikonur on 2 April 1984, and docked with the Soviet space station Salyut 7.
Read the full explanation →The TV-D1 mission of October 2023 was conducted mainly to test which system of Gaganyaan?
- A.The cryogenic upper stage
- B.The crew escape system
- C.The docking mechanism
- D.The lunar lander legs
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TV-D1, the first test vehicle abort mission, was launched from Sriharikota on 21 October 2023.
Read the full explanation →The orbital module of Gaganyaan consists of:
- A.Crew module and service module
- B.Lander and rover
- C.Orbiter and propulsion module
- D.Crew module and cryogenic stage
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The crew module is the pressurised double walled cabin where the astronauts live, and it is the only part that returns to Earth, protected by a heat shield and lowered by parachutes.
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