NEW DELHI: The Division of Area has deliberate as many as 19 missions this yr even because the Chandrayaan-3, the following section of India’s mission to the moon, is scheduled for August 2022, the federal government instructed the Lok Sabha.
“Based mostly on the learnings from Chandrayaan-2 and strategies made by the nationwide stage specialists, the realisation of Chandrayaan-3 is in progress. Many associated {hardware} and their particular checks are efficiently accomplished, and the launch is scheduled for August 2022,” Union Minister for Area Dr Jitendra Singh mentioned in reply to a written query.
A complete of 19 missions are deliberate throughout January to December 2022, together with eight ‘Launch Automobile Missions’, seven ‘Spacecraft Missions’ and 4 ‘Know-how Demonstrator Missions’, Singh mentioned.
A number of ongoing missions had been impacted as a result of Covid-19 pandemic. Additionally, reprioritisation of tasks has taken place within the backdrop of Area Sector reforms and newly launched demand pushed fashions, he mentioned.
The listing of satellites launched within the final three years’ time embody EOS-03 launched on August 12, 2021; Amazonia-1 launched on February 28, 2021; Satish Dhawan SAT (SDSAT) on February 28, 2021, and UNITYsat on February 28, 2021.
Within the yr 2020 and 2019, CMS-01 was launched on December 17, 2020; EOS-01 (November 7, 2020); GSAT-30 (January 17, 2020) whereas these launched in 2019 embody RISAT-2BR1 (December 11, 2019); Cartosat-3 (November 27, 2019); Chandrayaan-2 (July 22, 2019); RISAT-2B (Could 22, 2019); EMISAT (April 1, 2019); GSAT-31 (February 6, 2019); Microsat-R (January 24, 2019) and Kalamsat-V2 (January 24, 2019), the Minister knowledgeable the House yesterday, a Ministry’s launch mentioned on Thursday.
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