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Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is gearing up for a number of missions in 2022.
Missions Planned
Venus Mission:
The Shukrayaan-1 could launch in December 2024 as an orbiter headed towards neighbouring planet Venus.
This will be the Indian space agency’s first mission to Venus, and is expected to have a mission life of 4 years.
During this time, multiple instruments will carry out studies on the planet.
If it misses the 2024 deadline, then the next window for launch will be in mid-2026 when Venus and Earth realign. This is important for spacecraft fuel efficiency when visiting other planets.
The Venus orbiter will be launched on the rockets made by ISRO.
DISHA (Disturbed and quiet-type System at High Altitude):
It is a twin-satellite system that will study Earth’s aeronomy, the uppermost layer of Earth’s atmosphere.
It will involve twin satellites orbiting Earth at an altitude of 450km.
TRISHNA (Thermal infraRed Imaging Satellite for High resolution Natural resource Assessment):
ISRO and CNES have completed the feasibility study to realise the earth observation satellite mission with thermal infrared imager, TRISHNA.
It is meant for accurate mapping of land surface temperatures.
It will acquire imagery of Earth’s surface in the thermal infrared with a resolution and revisit frequency never seen before.
Expected launch: in 2024
India and France are working on their third joint satellite mission.
ISRO and French space agency CNES (Centre National dEtudes Spatiales) have undertaken two joint missions 'Megha-Tropiques', which was launched in 2011, and 'Saral-Altika' in 2013.
Chandrayaan-3:
It could be set for a launch date by the middle of 2023 with huge progress in incorporating design and testing.
It is the third Moon mission of the ISRO and successor of Chandrayaan-2 mission.
It involves various processes, including finalisation of configuration, subsystems realisation, integration, spacecraft level detailed testing and a number of special tests to evaluate the system performance on earth.
Progress was hampered due to Covid-19 pandemic.
Gaganyaan
India’s first human spaceflight mission.
It is expected in 2023.
The spacecraft is jointly made by ISRO and HAL.
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is gearing up for a number of missions in 2022.
Missions Planned
Venus Mission:
The Shukrayaan-1 could launch in December 2024 as an orbiter headed towards neighbouring planet Venus.
This will be the Indian space agency’s first mission to Venus, and is expected to have a mission life of 4 years.
During this time, multiple instruments will carry out studies on the planet.
If it misses the 2024 deadline, then the next window for launch will be in mid-2026 when Venus and Earth realign. This is important for spacecraft fuel efficiency when visiting other planets.
The Venus orbiter will be launched on the rockets made by ISRO.
DISHA (Disturbed and quiet-type System at High Altitude):
It is a twin-satellite system that will study Earth’s aeronomy, the uppermost layer of Earth’s atmosphere.
It will involve twin satellites orbiting Earth at an altitude of 450km.
TRISHNA (Thermal infraRed Imaging Satellite for High resolution Natural resource Assessment):
ISRO and CNES have completed the feasibility study to realise the earth observation satellite mission with thermal infrared imager, TRISHNA.
It is meant for accurate mapping of land surface temperatures.
It will acquire imagery of Earth’s surface in the thermal infrared with a resolution and revisit frequency never seen before.
Expected launch: in 2024
India and France are working on their third joint satellite mission.
ISRO and French space agency CNES (Centre National dEtudes Spatiales) have undertaken two joint missions 'Megha-Tropiques', which was launched in 2011, and 'Saral-Altika' in 2013.
Chandrayaan-3:
It could be set for a launch date by the middle of 2023 with huge progress in incorporating design and testing.
It is the third Moon mission of the ISRO and successor of Chandrayaan-2 mission.
It involves various processes, including finalisation of configuration, subsystems realisation, integration, spacecraft level detailed testing and a number of special tests to evaluate the system performance on earth.
Progress was hampered due to Covid-19 pandemic.
Gaganyaan
India’s first human spaceflight mission.
It is expected in 2023.
The spacecraft is jointly made by ISRO and HAL.
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Rahil Nabi
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