ISRO will launch Gaganyaan abort mission this year, solar and lunar missions in ’23

Last Updated22/07/2022

ISRO has set new deadlines for major missions, with its first solar mission and third lunar mission set to take place in the first quarter of next year.

XpoSat:
A space observatory to study cosmic x-rays, scheduled for 2023.
India’s 2nd astronomical observatory in space after the Astrosat.
Gaganyaan’s abort demonstration mission:
Scheduled for later in 2022.
- Abort missions: Test systems that can help the crew escape from spacecraft mid-flight in case of a failure.
Gaganyaan’s escape system is designed with five “quick-acting” solid fuel motors with high burn rate propulsion system, and fins to maintain stability.
ISRO conducted a pad abort test in 2018 where crew can escape from spacecraft in case of an emergency at launch pad.
Space docking experiment:
Scheduled for 3rd quarter of 2024.
Space docking: Process of joining two separately launched spacecraft
Used for setting up modular space stations.
Launch completed in 2022
Indian earth observation satellite
A commercial launch carrying Singaporean earth observation satellite as the main payload.
Aditya L1 mission
Scheduled for 2022
Indian spacecraft will go 1.5 million kms away to L1 or Lagrangian point b/w Sun and Earth.
Chandrayaan 3:
Lander-rover mission scheduled for 2022
Aims for soft landing on the Moon.
It will use an existing orbiter around the Moon from Chandrayaan-2 to communicate with Earth.
Orbiter has a mission life of seven years and was launched in 2019.