Chandrayaan 3 To Gaganyaan: All Upcoming ISRO Missions Of This Year
Chandrayaan-3 the third lunar exploration mission planned by the Indian Space Research Organisation ISRO is scheduled to launch in August 2022. As per reports ISRO has 19 missions planned that include eight Launch Vehicle Missions.
Chandrayaan-3, the third lunar exploration mission planned by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), is scheduled to launch in August 2022. The announcement was made by Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science and Technology, Dr Jitendra Singh. Alongside Chandrayaan-3, there are several other projects that ISRO is working upon simultaneously including the Gaganyaan, NISAR, Aditya Ll, XpoSat, IRNSS among others.
As per reports, ISRO has 19 missions planned that include eight Launch Vehicle Missions, seven Spacecraft Missions, and four Technology Demonstrator Missions. As ISRO is gearing up for the several missions in the pipeline, let us take a look at the number of missions that have been planned for the year 2022.
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Earth Observation Satellites (EOS)
ISRO has several space projects expected to launch this year. Among them are the Earth Observation S... Read More
ISRO has several space projects expected to launch this year. Among them are the Earth Observation Satellite-4, Earth Observation Satellite-6 and Earth Observation Satellite-2. The launch of EOS-4 along with two small satellites took place today, marking the first launch of 2022. While EOS-4 and 6 are Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, EPS-2 is onboard Small Satellite Launch Vehicle.
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Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV)
ISRO is also working on several Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) for the year 2022. These, as p... Read More
ISRO is also working on several Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) for the year 2022. These, as per reports, are expected to launch in the first quarter of 2022 and are currently at the final stages of development. SSLV is basically a small-lift launch vehicle to launch small satellites. It also has the ability to support multiple orbital drop-offs. For the developed projects, the government has sanctioned ?169 crore. These include SSLV-D1, SSLV-D2 & SSLV-D3.
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Chandrayaan 3
Chandrayaan 3, the first lunar exploration mission conducted by ISRO, is expected to launch by the t... Read More
Chandrayaan 3, the first lunar exploration mission conducted by ISRO, is expected to launch by the third quarter of 2022. For this project, ISRO will be using Chandrayaan-2 orbiter which was installed in the lunar orbit post the mission. As per reports, Chandrayaan-3 is expected to have only four throttle-able engines as compared to Vikram installed on Chandrayaan-2 that had five 800 Newtons engines. It will also be installed with a Laser Doppler Velocimeter (LDV).
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Aditya L1 Mission
The Aditya L1 spacecraft is going to be India's first mission to observe the sun and is expected to ... Read More
The Aditya L1 spacecraft is going to be India's first mission to observe the sun and is expected to launch somewhere around Sept-Oct in 2022. The spacecraft will be aboard a PSLV-XL launch vehicle. With the success of this mission, the space organisation will be able to continuously view the sun without any occultation/ eclipses.
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Gaganyaan Uncrewed Mission
While the Gaganyaan mission is expected to see ISRO launch three Indian astronauts into space by 202... Read More
While the Gaganyaan mission is expected to see ISRO launch three Indian astronauts into space by 2023, its first un-crewed mission has been scheduled at the beginning of the second half of 2022. The preparations for the projects are underway. As per reports, the first crewed mission was originally planned to be launched on ISRO's GSLV Mk III in December 2021.
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