India's ISRO conducts key crew escape test for human space mission

Re:India's ISRO conducts key crew escape test for human spac... by rory096 on Sunday July 08, 2018 @01:47PM (#17485099)

Note the early parachute detachment at 1:24. Capsule freefalls into the ocean from that point.

Unclear if this was intentional — I've yet to see a statement from ISRO mentioning it.

https://www.isro.gov.in/flight-test-of-crew-escape-system-te...

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Re:India's ISRO conducts key crew escape test for human spac... by manigandham on Sunday July 08, 2018 @06:16PM (#17486562)

Youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyJEcLgzRqM

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Re:India's ISRO conducts key crew escape test for human spac... by sumedh on Sunday July 08, 2018 @09:40PM (#17487391)

Why cant ISRO release high def videos?

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Re:India's ISRO conducts key crew escape test for human spac... by dingo_bat on Monday July 09, 2018 @12:02AM (#17487906)

Quite simply it's a lack of ₹₹₹, alongwith some routine government incompetence.

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Re:India's ISRO conducts key crew escape test for human spac... by greglindahl on Sunday July 08, 2018 @04:10PM (#17485920)

It wouldn't surprise me if it's intentional. Once you deploy parachutes the capsule can drift a long way; waiting until the parachutes are stably deployed (which they did) and then dropping the capsule is one way to make sure that it doesn't drift over land, and land on something unfortunate.

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Re:India's ISRO conducts key crew escape test for human spac... by walrus01 on Sunday July 08, 2018 @06:35PM (#17486650)

Likely intentional, since for a crew escape test the capsule will be a low cost, simple, boilerplate test article.

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