New Delhi: At the Curtain Raiser for the Emerging, Science, Technology and Innovation Conclave (ESTIC 2025) conference last month, ISRO Chairman V Narayanan indicated that the highly anticipated first mission of the Gaganyaan programme, designated as G1 will take place in December 2026. Following the successful launch of the CMS-03 communications satellite for the Indian Navy last week, V Narayanan indicated that the Gaganyaan G1 mission may be pushed to March 2026 , although the teams are still aiming for a December 2025 launch. At ESTIC 2025 in Bharat Mandapam here, Narayanan revealed that ISRO is now aiming to launch the Gaganyaan G1 mission in January 2026.

V Narayanan said, “We are currently working on our Gaganyaan programme, to take our citizens to space and bring them back sa

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