11 Jan
ISRO – Simple Facts and Marvels From the History of ISRO
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India’s Moon Mission in 2018
India will launch and land a rover on the surface of the moon in the year of 2018. Moon mission of India includes several space assignments that the country is supposed to work in.
Chandrayaan – 2
The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) will send its first lunar rover in 2018 as a part of their moon’s mission. The agency is targeting for the landing in the month of March 2018. This plan is called chandrayaan -2 mission. It translates to moon journey or moon vehicle which starts with chandrayaan – 1. It is made into lunar orbit and it can identify magnetic water inside the crater of the surface of moon.
Lunar Exploration
Three crewless vehicles are included in the upcoming launch. An orbiter craft is there that would hover on the surface of the moon. It includes a lunar rover and a lander craft are there to for landing the rover safely on the surface. After its landing, the lunar rover will show the lunar crust and the mantle. The orbiter makes a three dimensional map of the surface of the solar. This information is shared by ISRO. This project will be completed by ISRO with a budget of $93 million. This way, moon mission will be successful and impressive too. The ISRO has other project also. The name of the project is Aditya. It includes a mission that is targeted for studying the sun and XPoSat. It is a satellite for improving the working knowledge of cosmic radiation. This upcoming project will be completed without a delay and within a short time. The mission shows that more countries are interested to do their investment to explore the space and also enhance the abilities for realizing and also travel to the cosmos.
Aditya in 2019 – 20
ISRO is carrying out a mission to Sun in the year of 2019 to 20. This is named as Aditya -1. It is India’s first solar coronagraph for studying solar corona in near and visible IR bands. Aditya mission was planned at the time of high solar activity during 2012. Late it was postpone due to heavy work that is involved for fabrication and other technical features. Aditya – 1 mission includes a 400 kg satellite that carries a payload. Besides this, the mission also includes visible emission line coronagraph and it was planned for launching inside 800 km lower earth orbit.