Crew Module Atmospheric Re-entry Experiment

CARE
Recovery of the CARE module
Mission typeTechnology
OperatorISRO
Mission duration19 minutes
Range1,600 kilometres (990 mi)
Apogee126 kilometres (78 mi)
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft typeSpace capsule (Boilerplate)
ManufacturerISRO
Launch mass3,735 kilograms (8,234 lb)
Dimensions3.1 × 2.7 m (10.2 × 8.9 ft)
Start of mission
Launch date18 December 2014, 04:00 (2014-12-18UTC04Z) UTC
RocketLVM3-X
Launch siteSatish Dhawan SLP
ContractorISRO
End of mission
Landing date18 December 2014, 04:15 (2014-12-18UTC04:16Z) UTC
Landing siteBay of Bengal

The Crew Module Atmospheric Re-entry Experiment (CARE) is an experimental test vehicle for the Indian Space Research Organisation's future ISRO orbital vehicle called Gaganyaan.[1] It was launched successfully on 18 December 2014 from the Second Launch Pad of the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, by a LVM3 designated by ISRO as the LVM 3X CARE mission.[2][3] Total cost of mission was 155 crore (equivalent to 248 crore or US$30 million in 2023). Cost of launch vehicle and CARE module was 140 crore and 15 crore.[4]

  1. ^ "Gaganyan: How to send an Indian into space". 16 August 2018.
  2. ^ ISRO All Set to Launch its ‘Mini Orion’ GSLV Mark III Mission on Dec. 18 (Photos) Archived 2014-12-10 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Isro successfully test-fires GSLV Mark III carrying unmanned crew module Times of India 18 December 2014
  4. ^ PTI (17 December 2014). "ISRO commences countdown for GSLV Mark III launch". @businessline. Retrieved 2020-06-12.

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