The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Tuesday posted details about Gaganyaan mission's Flight Test Vehicle Abort Mission-1 (TV-D1) on X (formerly Twitter). The space agency said that the test is scheduled for October 21 (Saturday) at 8am and the vehicle will be launched from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh. The ISRO post further said that it will be a "short-duration mission". It further informed that registration to witness the launch will commence at 6pm on Tuesday. TV-D1 will demonstrate the performance of the crew escape system.