New Delhi: India will launch two unmanned missions next year before the human spaceflight program ‘Mengaan’ at the end of 2022, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said on Thursday.
Sharing the status of other space projects, Singh – During the question and answer hours at Rajya Sabha – said Venus’s mission planned for 2022, while the Sun’s mission for 2022-23 and the space station in 2030.
Singh, the Minister of State in the Department of Space, said the space project has been postponed because of the pandemic Covid-19.
“In the following year, we will have two unmanned missions before flying the event.
It is also in planning.
It is usually the SOP (standard operating procedure) which is followed.
Because of the Covid-19 pandemic, it was found delayed,” he said.
At the beginning of next year, India would first launch an unmanned mission in front of the idea towards the end of 2022, he said, adding that it would be accompanied by a robot called ‘Vayumitra’.
“After that, we will have in 2023 having a character that will definitely put India in the country’s elite club to be the fourth after the US, China and Russia,” he added.
The minister further said the event program would differ from other human missions carried out by other countries in the sense that this would be more cost-effective and inclusive.
This program will place India as the frontline country and will also improve the ability of the State as far as it concerns its robot mission, he said and added that this would also inspire young people and start.
In addition to the program, the minister said, “We will have a number of other missions.
We will have a Venus mission in 2023.
Immediately, we will have a solar mission called ‘Aditya Solar Mission’ planned 2022-23.” Chandrayana is delayed because of a pandemic and maybe it will be launched next year, he said.
“By 2030, we will be able to arrange space stations, which will be unique from its kind,” he said, adding that India’s climbing trip had begun through the space route.
Replying additional requests if ISRO has identified 17 technologies at a lower cost of start-up for use in the mission of the mission, the minister said, “There will be several research modules that accompany the character and more than 500 industries”.
For the first time since the country’s independence, the private industry will be involved in space technology, he said.
“As a result, we will now have a number of partnerships for Nano satellites who try to enter their mission to work with Isro,” he said.
Host technology can innovate in various fields involving the industry, which paved the way for a newer economy produced through medium of space technology, he added.
The Minister also told the upper house that India has so far launched 42 foreign satellites from 34 countries and generated revenues of $ 56 million (one million equal to 10 lakh).
Two unmanned missions will be launched before flying in the event at the end of 2022: Minister
