Indian Navy and ISRO head straight for Welldeck Recovery for Gaganyaan

Indian Navy and ISRO geared up for Gaganyaan recovery operations by carrying out “Well Deck” recovery trials on Friday, Dec 06th, 2024. The trials were carried out by Eastern Naval Command using a welldeck ship off the coast of Vishakhapatnam. Well, the deck of a ship can be flooded with water so that boats, landing crafts, and recovered spacecraft can be taken inside to dock within the ship.

Once the Crew Module touches down in the sea at the end of the mission, the crew has to be recovered in the minimum possible time and with the least discomfort. One of the preferred options is to tow the Crew Module along with the crew inside the well deck of the ship where the crew can come out of the Crew Module comfortably.

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The trials for carrying out well deck recovery were carried out using a mass and shape simulated Crew Module Mock-up. The sequence of operations for well deck recovery of the Crew Module was carried out by the Indian Navy and ISRO during the trials.

The sequence includes the attachment of the recovery buoy, towing, entering into the well deck ship, positioning of CM on the fixture, and draining of the well deck. This trial validated the overall sequence of operations, and ground fixtures and will help in fine-tuning Standard Operating Procedures (SOP).

This trial is part of the series of recovery trials being carried out by the Indian Navy and ISRO to finalize the SOPs for recovery operations for nominal as well as off-nominal conditions.

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