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"Reason for the launch hold is identified and corrected," ISRO
posted on X, the platform formerly called Twitter. "Crew Escape
System performed as intended. Mission Gaganyaan gets off on a
successful note."
The agency did not specify the cause of the delay.
The launch had been set for 8 a.m. (0230 GMT) but could not
initially be completed. It was successfully completed at 10
a.m., ISRO said.
The Gaganyaan mission is aimed at developing a human-habitable
space capsule that will carry a three-member crew into an orbit
of 400 km (250 miles) for three days, before splashing down in
the Indian Ocean.
ISRO has said it would explore ways to achieve a sustained human
presence in space once Gaganyaan is completed.
About 90 billion Indian rupees ($1 billion) has been allocated
for the mission, which follows the agency's historic landing of
its Chandrayaan-3 craft on the lunar south pole.
The Gaganyaan mission has been expected to launch from the
country's main spaceport in Sriharikota before 2024, although a
schedule had not been announced.
($1 = 83.1500 Indian rupees)
(Reporting by Siddhi Nayak; Editing by Lincoln Feast and William
Mallard)
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