The new year has started and every industry is moving ahead with a new plan. Continuing this series, ISRO has also planned this mission in 2023. Today we are talking about this. Let's know about it.

With the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) launching several missions including Chandrayaan-3, Aditya L-1, and Gaganyaan-1 in the coming months, we will see some success stories of startups in space applications. Know about the major missions of ISRO in 2023...

Gaganyaan Mission

The country's first manned space mission is proposed by ISRO in collaboration with DRDO and HAL in 2024. Before that the unmanned missions, Gaganyaan-1 and Gaganyaan-2 are to be tested. ISRO is expected to test Gaganyaan-1 in the last months of the year. Through this, the performance of the Human-Rated Launch Vehicle will be evaluated. In addition, orbital propulsion systems, mission management, communication systems, and recovery operations will also be tested. The second phase of the campaign i.e. Gaganyaan-2 will be tested in the early months of 2024.

Aditya L-1

The mission, being developed by ISRO and several other Indian research institutes, could be tested in March 2023. The mission aims to understand the physics of the Sun and the process of evolution of stars in the Solar System. Aditya-1 will have a total of seven payloads, which will collect information about the photosphere, chromosphere, and the outer layer of the Sun from electromagnetic and particle detectors. L-1 is the point from which better continuous observations of the activities of the Solar System can be made.

Chandrayaan-3

Chandrayaan-3 can be launched through GSLV MK-III in the middle of this year. Chandrayaan-2 crashed in the year 2019 during the landing on the Moon. Given this, ISRO is engaged in increasing the capabilities of the rover as compared to the previous two missions. It will use the predecessor orbiter already hovering above the lunar surface. However, the engineering of this spacecraft is completely different and various improvements have been made to enhance its capabilities.

RLV-LEX Mission

The Runway Landing Experiment (RLV-LEX) of the Reusable Launch Vehicle will be carried out for the first time by ISRO from Aeronautical Test Range, Chitradurga (Karnataka). The RLV-TD has an aircraft-like structure, incorporating complexities of both the launch vehicle and the aircraft. It will be used as a flying test bed to evaluate hypersonic flight, autonomous landing, and powered cruise flight techniques.

SSLV and private sector participation

ISRO is providing guidance and support to private-sector aerospace companies and specialized startups. This will attract billions of dollars of small satellite market investment. It was launched last November by testing India's first private sector rocket Vikram-S developed by Skyroot Aerospace. The private sector may play a bigger role in the coming months in the earth imaging sector, developing rockets for small satellites, and preparing cheap fuel for satellites.

Nisar Mission

The NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) mission is a joint mission of the two space agencies. This will help scientists to know the structural changes taking place on the surface of the earth. This mission will be launched this year. However, no date has been announced yet. It is placed in the orbit of the earth at 747 km. It will be installed at a high altitude, from which information related to changes on the surface of the earth, natural disasters, sea water level, ice density, and groundwater can be obtained.