The nation is celebrating the successful landing of Chandrayaan-3 on the moon, which is a significant accomplishment. Take a look at the upcoming tasks that the Indian Space Research Organisation will be concentrating on now that the spacecraft has landed in the South Pole region of the moon.
Here is a look at some of ISRO’s upcoming projects:
Aditya L-1
“We have some big missions that are lined up. After Chandrayaan-3, we will immediately be taking up Aditya-L1 project, which is our sun mission…It has already been integrated and has been moved to Sriharikota and maybe today or tomorrow the rocket will also be integrated,” Somanath said, adding that the launch of India’s first sun mission is being planned for early September.
ISRO will shortly after its Moonshot shift its focus to the Sun. By early September, Aditya L1, the first Indian mission to study the Sun from orbit, is anticipated to launch. The Lagrange point 1 (L1) of the Sun-Earth system, which is around 1.5 million kilometers from the Earth, will be the spacecraft’s destination, according to ISRO’s description of its objectives. The main benefit of having a satellite in the halo orbit around the L1 point is being able to continuously see the Sun without any occultation or eclipses. This will make it easier to monitor the solar activity and how it affects the space weather in real time.
XPoSat Mission
In order to explore the behavior of powerful astronomical X-ray sources under adverse circumstances, ISRO is developing the nation’s first dedicated polarimetry mission. The project is probably going to start sometime in the latter part of this year or early 2024. “The emission mechanism from different astronomical phenomena such as blackholes, neutron stars, active galactic nuclei, pulsar wind nebulae, etc. stems from complex physical processes and are difficult to understand. The degree of polarization and the angle of polarization that the polarimetry measurements bring to our understanding make it a good diagnostic tool for figuring out how celestial objects emit light, according to ISRO.
INSAT- 3Ds Mission
This Indian meteorological and data relay satellite, created by the Indian Space Research Organization, is a component of the Indian National Satellite System. This year is anticipated to see the launch of this satellite for observing the climate. This seventh flying unit of the INSAT-3 series will be launched for operational meteorology.
Manned Space Flight
The Covid epidemic caused a delay in the first human space travel project from India, which is now being worked on by ISRO. The Gaganyaan project, according to ISRO, “envisages demonstrating the capability of human spaceflight by launching a crew of three members to an orbit of 400 km for a three-day mission and bringing them safely back to earth by landing in Indian sea waters.” Two unmanned flights will occur before the manned trip. According to news agency PTI, an ISRO official stated that “we are getting ready for the (first of the two) unmanned crew module mission by the beginning of next year.”
