Picture of Venus (Photo-NASA)
India’s first interplanetary mission Mangalyaan (Mission Mangal) It was launched in 2013 and in 2014 became the world’s first mission to enter Mars orbit on its first attempt. After this, the matter of preparations for Mangalyaan-2 came to the fore, but along with this information was also given in the Parliament in 2022 that Shukrayan i.e Mission Venus is being envisaged. This mission can be shaped soon.
In a program of the Indian Institute of Astrophysics, ISRO’s P Sreekumar had explained in detail that the purpose of the Venus mission is to study the atmosphere of the planet Venus through high resolution synthetic aperture radar, image its surface and test its climate. etc.
Why is Mission Shukrayan difficult?
According to scientists, Mission Venus is not very easy. The planet Venus is considered a bit tricky. Actually Venus has to lose most of its water. The composition of the surface of Venus is also not known properly. Here there are thick clouds at an altitude of just 60 km. This is called sulfuric acid. The planet rotates slowly but the wind blows fast there.
However, despite all the challenges, ISRO Chairman S. According to Somnath, there is a good opportunity to launch it by the year 2028. Under the campaign, the vehicle that will be sent to Venus will roam around there and find out what is there under the surface of Venus?
Venus is considered the hottest planet because it is closest to the Sun. ISRO has currently fixed the year of 2024 for its launching, but if there is no success in 2024, then it can definitely be launched in 2031. ISRO is making preparations for this. During this, the vehicle will study the structure of Venus and its atmosphere.
Year 2031 is important for mission Venus
The year 2031 is also very important for NASA and the European Space Agency. Along with India’s ISRO, they are also going to land their mission on Venus. While China can execute its mission anytime before that in 2026-27. If India succeeds in its mission in 2024, then ISRO will overtake China as well.
ISRO’s two new missions in 2023
Significantly, ISRO is busy with Chandrayaan-3 and Aditya-L1 (mission to study the Sun) in this year 2023. Union Minister Jitendra Singh had recently said that ISRO will launch two initial missions under the ‘Gaganyaan’ program later this year, which will be followed by the country’s first human space-flight mission in 2024. The second part of the mission will take a female robot ‘Vyommitra’ to space.
While ISRO Chairman S. Somnath had said on March 22 that Chandrayaan-3, India’s third lunar mission and Aditya L1, India’s first solar mission, would probably be launched by mid-2023. The craft of Chandrayaan-3 is completely ready. Whereas Aditya-L1 India’s first solar mission is very unique.
According to the information, there was a plan to start these missions in the 75th year of Indian independence, but due to COVID-19, it was delayed by two to three years.
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