L&T delivers India’s first launch hardware for Gaganyaan Mission despite COVID-19 restrictions

By OEM Update Editorial November 18, 2020 1:42 pm IST

Larsen & Toubro, India’s leading engineering, procurement and construction projects, manufacturing, defence and services conglomerate, delivered the first hardware, a booster segment, for Gaganyaan Launch Vehicle to ISRO ahead of schedule in a virtual flag-off ceremony presided over by Dr. K Sivan, Chairman, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).

Notwithstanding the limitations imposed by COVID-19, the Middle segment of the world’s third-largest solid propellant rocket booster – ‘S-200,’ has been delivered ahead of schedule with Zero-Defects. The segment was produced at L&T’s Powai Aerospace Manufacturing Facility meeting the enhanced quality and timeline requirements for India’s maiden manned mission.

L&T is playing a vital role in powering ISRO’s Human Space Flight Program (HSFP). A trusted partner of ISRO for almost five decades, L&T has been involved in the production of a range of hardware for every mission of ISRO, including the acclaimed Chandrayaan and Mangalyaan missions.

The critical booster segment, with a diameter of 3.2 meters, 8.5 meters in length and weighing 5.5 tons, was jointly flagged off in a virtual event by Dr. K Sivan, Secretary Department of Space & Chairman ISRO and Mr. Jayant Patil Whole-time Director and Member of L&T board. This ceremony was graced by Dr. S. Somnath, Director VSSC, Dr. V R Lalithambika, Director DHSP and Dr. S Unnikrishnan Nair, Director HSFC, members of scientific community across ISRO laboratories and officials from Larsen & Toubro.