ISRO Announces Seven Mega Missions

Space Agency ISRO, which is gearing up for the ambitious Chandrayaan-2 this July, has loftier plans ahead. It is planning to accomplish six other mega missions over the next 10 years, apart from Chandrayaan-2. Of these, only two have been defined — XPoSat and Aditya-L1 missions.

Missions of ISRO

    • XPoSat
    • Aditya-L1
    • Mangalyaan-2
    • Chandrayaan-2
    • Venus mission
    • Lunar Polar Exploration
    • Exoworlds

XPoSat

  • Xposat will be a five-year mission, carrying a polarimeter instrument made by Raman Research Institute to measure cosmic radiation. The spacecraft will be placed in a circular 500-700km orbit.
  • The spacecraft will carry Polarimeter Instrument in X-rays (POLIX) payload which will study the ....

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