ISRO has successfully completed the development of the Service Module Propulsion System (SMPS) for the Gaganyaan mission, India's first human spaceflight mission.
A full duration hot test of the SMPS for 350 seconds validated its integrated performance for a flight off-nominal mission profile.
The SMPS includes Liquid Apogee Motor (LAM) engines for propulsive force and Reaction Control System (RCS) thrusters for precise attitude control.
The System Demonstration Model (SDM) of SMPS underwent 25 tests under different conditions for a cumulative duration of 14,331 seconds at ISRO Propulsion Complex in Tamil Nadu.