ISRO Chairman Gives Big Update On Gaganyaan Mission; Check Details | India News

SRIHARIKOTA: The Indian Space Research Organisation is gearing up for a number of actions on the spaceport right here, together with testing of the crew module in July for its formidable Gaganyaan mission, Chairman S Somanath stated right here on Monday. The secretary of the division of house stated the house company was additionally working for the launch of the artificial aperture radar mission in affiliation with National Aeronautics Space Agency (NASA). 

The NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar Mission) is a joint earth-observing mission between NASA and ISRO with the aim of creating international measurements of the causes and penalties of land floor modifications utilizing superior radar imaging. Talking about future launches, Somanath stated the subsequent launch could be a local weather and climate statement satellite tv for pc known as ‘INSAT-3Ds’, which might be launched utilizing a GSLV rocket. 

“The same rocket (GSLV) is bound to take the NISAR as well. In the coming months we are going to have launches of PSLVs as well as GSLV MkIII ” he stated. “The SHAR (Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota) will be abuzz with activities towards all of this.” he stated. Scientists are engaged on conducting varied checks for the formidable Gaganyaan mission and the company is coordinating with the Navy and others on this connection, he stated. 

“We will be launching a test vehicle mission now. Target is to conduct it by July. The vehicle for conducting the test is already here in Satish Dhawan Space Centre here.” he stated. This launch would display how the crew escapes in case of any accident through the Gaganyaan mission, he stated. “The vehicle will be taken to an altitude of 14 km and from there we would create a problem or try to destroy it and see how the crew module escapes. That we have to demonstrate. We are talking to various stakeholders like the Navy.” he stated. 

This mission needs to be repeated once more and after that there could be an unmanned mission in all probability subsequent yr by which the entire crew module could be taken to orbit and return, he stated. On establishing a launch pad in Kulasekarapattinam in Tamil Nadu about 600 km from Chennai, he stated ISRO was nearly within the ultimate phases of buying 2,000 acres of land. “We will be building a launch pad for a small launch vehicle in Kulasekarapattinam and possible rocket launches for private players in future. Land acquisition process is almost completed and some more land is yet to be acquired” he stated. 

Somanath stated the house company was underneath dialogue concerning the launch of the next-generation launch automobile (NGLV). “Now is not the right time to discuss it. It is a rocket which we want to be a recoverable stage, and basically (we are) working on liquid and semi-cryogenic technology,” he stated. “We would like to make it much heavier than the current launchers, and the cost can also be substantially lower. We are working on various architecture across centres and are talking with industries to take part along with us,” he stated. 

To a question about Monday’s launch of a navigation satellite tv for pc on-board a GSLV rocket, not like a PSLV used for IRNSS-1 navigation satellite tv for pc missions, he stated navigation satellites are heavier and can’t be launched utilizing a PSLV and they might be launched utilizing GSLV rockets. On whether or not the companies enabled by the navigation satellite tv for pc launched on Monday could be obtainable to civilian customers, he stated ISRO was not given the authorisation for L1 and S bands for civilian companies (earlier). “When the remaining satellites are launched (after Monday’s mission), I am sure all of your mobile phones can be compatible (for usage of the satnav facility)”, he stated. Following as we speak’s profitable GSLV-F12 mission, ISRO has deliberate to launch extra navigation satellites in then close to future.