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{{Short description|Indian spaceflight, planned Q1 2027}}
{{Infobox spaceflight
| name = Gaganyaan-4
| names_list = {{hlist|H1|Gaganyaan-4}}
| image = Gaganyaan crewed spacecraft in deployed twin solar panel configuration.png
| image_caption = Rendering of Gaganyaan crewed spacecraft
| mission_type = Crewed [[flight test]]
| operator = [[ISRO]]
| mission_duration =
| orbits_completed =
| spacecraft = [[Gaganyaan]]
| spacecraft_type =
| manufacturer = [[Hindustan Aeronautics Limited]]
| launch_mass = 
| dry_mass = 
| launch_date = Q1 2027 (planned)<ref>{{cite news |title=India's Gaganyaan mission in final phase, maiden crew launch in early 2027 |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/science/gaganyaan-mission/story/indias-gaganyaan-mission-in-final-phase-maiden-crew-launch-in-early-2027-2720520-2025-05-06 |work=India Today |date=6 May 2025 |access-date=9 May 2025}}</ref>
| launch_rocket = [[LVM3|HLVM3]]
| launch_site = [[Satish Dhawan Space Centre]]
| crew_members = {{Unbulleted list
|[[Shubhanshu Shukla]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=India's Path to Space: Group Captain Shukla Commands Gaganyaan {{!}} Headlines |url=https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/headlines/3480764-indias-path-to-space-group-captain-shukla-commands-gaganyaan |access-date=2025-06-25 |website=Devdiscourse |language=en}}</ref>
|TBA
}}
| recovery_by =
| landing_date =
| landing_site =
| crew_photo =
| crew_photo_caption =
| orbit_reference = [[Geocentric orbit]]
| orbit_regime = [[Low Earth orbit]]
| orbit_inclination =
| apsis =
| insignia = [[File:Indian Astronaut Logo.png|70px]]
| insignia_caption =
| insignia_size =
| programme = [[Indian Human Spaceflight Programme]]
| previous_mission = [[Gaganyaan-3]]
| next_mission = [[Gaganyaan-5]]
}}

'''Gaganyaan-4''' (from [[Sanskrit]]: {{lang|sa|gagana}}, "celestial" and {{lang|sa|yāna}}, "craft, vehicle") also named as '''H1''' will be the first crewed test flight of the [[Gaganyaan]] programme, with launch planned for Q1 2027.

== Mission ==
The mission is planned to demonstrate human spaceflight capability by sending a crew to an orbit of 400 km of altitude<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/science/gaganyaan-mission-pm-modi-reveals-4-astronaut-designates-selected-to-go-to-space-check-names-here/articleshow/108034933.cms?from=mdr |title=Gaganyaan mission: PM Modi reveals 4 astronaut-designates selected to go to space. Check names here |date=2024-02-27 |accessdate=2024-02-27 |newspaper=The Economic Times |issn=0013-0389}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Sankaran|first=Vishwam|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/space/india-woman-robot-gaganyaan-mission-b2490518.html|title=India to fly 'woman robot' to space ahead of ambitious crewed mission|date=2024-02-05|accessdate=2024-02-27|website=The Independent}}</ref><ref name="asianet2024-02-28">{{Cite web |last=athira.pn |title='ആദ്യ ആളില്ലാ ഗഗൻയാൻ ദൗത്യം ഉടൻ, ഇന്ത്യൻ ബഹിരാകാശ നിലയത്തിന്റെ ഡിസൈൻ അവസാന ഘട്ടത്തിൽ': ഇസ്രൊ ചെയർമാൻ |url=https://www.asianetnews.com/kerala-news/isro-chairman-s-somanath-about-gaganyaan-mission-asianet-news-exclusive-apn-s9jqip |access-date=2024-02-29 |website=Asianet News Network Pvt Ltd |language=ml}}</ref> for 7 days.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.space.com/india-isro-gaganyaan-flight-testing-humanoid-robot|title=India completes critical test for Gaganyaan flight crewed by humanoid robot later this year |date=2024-02-27 |accessdate=2024-02-28 |website=space.com|first=Sharmila|last=Kuthunur}}</ref> Reporting in January 2020 for the ''Hindustan Times'',<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-01-08 |title=India’s first manned mission Gaganyaan may take 1 astronaut |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/india-s-first-manned-mission-gaganyaan-may-take-1-astronaut/story-nh095IVken3trSu0V1wVnK.html |access-date=2024-03-05 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref> Anonna Dutt quotes [[K. Sivan]], then chairman of ISRO, as saying

{{blockquote|We are designing the mission for three people to go to low earth orbit for seven days. However, whether we send two people or one person and whether they spend seven days in the orbit or one will be decided [after the] unmanned flights.}}

In October 2023, it was announced that the first crewed flight would take place after three uncrewed missions of the [[human-rated]] HLVM3.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1968368|title=Prime Minister reviews readiness of Gaganyaan Mission|date=2023-10-17|accessdate=2024-02-27|website=pib.gov.in}}</ref> The launch is planned for Q1 2027<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.firstpost.com/tech/indias-gaganyaan-mission-delayed-wont-be-launched-in-2025-announces-isro-13829776.html|title=India's Gaganyaan Mission delayed, won’t be launched in 2025, announces ISRO|lang=en-us|author=FP Staff|website=Firstpost|date=2024-10-28|access-date=2024-10-29}}</ref> with the capsule coming down in the Indian Ocean.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/technology/space/india-announces-four-member-crew-gaganyaan-space-mission-2024-02-27/|title=India announces four-member crew for 'Gaganyaan' space mission|work=Reuters|date=2024-02-27|accessdate=2024-02-28}}</ref>

== Background ==
{{Excerpt |Indian Human Spaceflight Programme |only=paragraphs}}

== Crew ==

[[File:Gaganyaan crew at Russia.jpg|thumb|India's initial astronaut corps at the [[Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center]], from left: [[Subhanshu Shukla|Shukla]], [[Prasanth Nair (astronaut)|Nair]], [[Ajit Krishnan|Krishnan]] and [[Angad Prathap|Prathap]]]]
The Gaganyan programme astronauts, [[Prasanth Nair (astronaut)|Prasanth Nair]], [[Angad Pratap]], [[Ajit Krishnan]] and [[Shubhanshu Shukla]], were announced on 27 February 2024.<ref>{{cite web |title=PM Modi introduces 4 Gaganyaan astronauts to world, says they 'will take dreams of 140cr Indians to space' |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/pm-modi-introduces-4-gaganyaan-astronauts-to-world-says-they-will-take-dreams-of-140cr-indians-to-space/articleshow/108039065.cms |website=The Times of India |date=2024-02-27 |access-date=2024-02-27}}</ref> Those selected for the first spaceflight will be from this pool of qualified astronauts, and one of them, [[Shubhanshu Shukla]] flew to the ISS in 2025 on [[Axiom Mission 4]] with [[Prasanth Nair (astronaut)|Prasanth Nair]] as his backup.<ref>{{cite web|last=Desk|first=Janam Web|url=https://english.janamtv.com/news/kerala/96898/why-were-the-names-of-gaganyaan-passengers-revealed-a-year-before-its-launch/|title=Why were the names of Gaganyaan passengers revealed a year before its launch?|date=2024-02-28|accessdate=2024-02-28|website=janamtv.com}}</ref> It is considered that one or two crewmembers will take part of this mission, with one being Shukla due to his flight experience.<ref name="asianet2024-02-28" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=India's Path to Space: Group Captain Shukla Commands Gaganyaan {{!}} Headlines |url=https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/headlines/3480764-indias-path-to-space-group-captain-shukla-commands-gaganyaan |access-date=2025-06-25 |website=Devdiscourse |language=en}}</ref>
{{Spaceflight crew
| crew = prime
| terminology = Astronaut
| references = <ref>{{Cite web |title=India's Path to Space: Group Captain Shukla Commands Gaganyaan {{!}} Headlines |url=https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/headlines/3480764-indias-path-to-space-group-captain-shukla-commands-gaganyaan |access-date=2025-06-25 |website=Devdiscourse |language=en}}</ref>

| position1 = Commander
| crew1_up = {{flagicon|IND}} [[Shubhanshu Shukla]]
| agency1_up = [[ISRO]]
| flights1_up = Second
| position2 = Pilot (Unconfirmed)
| crew2_up = {{flagicon|IND}} TBA
| agency2_up = [[ISRO]]
| flights2_up = First
}}

== Spacecraft ==
{{Excerpt |Gaganyaan |only=paragraph |paragraph=1}}

== Launch vehicle ==
[[File:HLVM3.svg|thumb|Representation of Human Rated LVM3|140px]]
{{Excerpt |LVM3 |only=paragraph |paragraph=1}}

== Future international collaboration ==
ISRO, the Department of Space and the Indian National Space Promotion and Authorization Center (IN-SPACe), together with [[Voyager Technologies|Voyager Space]], agreed to a memorandum of understanding to explore the use of Gaganyaan for crew transportation to Voyager's planned [[Starlab (space station)|Starlab]] space station.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://aviationweek.com/aerospace/commercial-space/voyager-looks-india-crew-flight-services |first=Irene |last=Klotz |publisher=Aviation Week |title=Voyager Looks To India For Crew Flight Services |date=July 10, 2023}}</ref>

== References ==
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== Notes ==
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{{Indian space programme}}
{{Future spaceflights}}

[[Category:Gaganyaan]]
[[Category:Test spaceflights]]
[[Category:2027 in spaceflight]]
[[Category:2027 in India]]
[[Category:Future human spaceflights]]
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JaimieCarrigan at 08:26, 7 April 2026