ISRO has a busy schedule with missions to study the sun, launch climate observation satellites, test vehicles as part of Gagania’s human spaceflight program, and the Indo-US synthetic aperture radar. Also, XPoSat (X-ray Polarimeter Satellite), the country’s first dedicated polarimetric mission dedicated to studying various dynamics of bright astronomical X-ray sources under extreme conditions, also Ready to launch.
Aditya-L1, India’s first space observatory to study the sun, is currently preparing for launch, most likely in the first week of September.
ISRO Chairman Somanath S said the space agency is also preparing to launch the climate observation satellite INSAT-3DS.
A test vehicle mission is also expected to be launched soon to verify the crew escape system of Gaganyaan, the country’s first manned spaceflight mission.
On August 15, Somanat said in an Independence Day speech at the ISRO headquarters, “(Then) we must activate NISAR, the synthetic aperture radar jointly built by India and the United States.” “So, our hands are tight.” “We will also be building a large number of satellites for security purposes in the coming days,” Manat said.
According to ISRO officials, NASA-ISRO SAR (NISAR) is a Low Earth Orbit (LEO) observatory jointly developed by NASA and ISRO.
NISAR will map the entire globe in 12 days and provide temporally and spatially consistent data to understand changes in Earth’s ecosystems, ice, vegetation biomass, sea level rise, groundwater, and natural hazards such as earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanoes, and landslides.
“It carries L and S dual-band synthetic aperture radar (SAR) and operates with scanning SAR technology, enabling large swaths of high-resolution data. The SAR payload mounted on the Integrated Radar Instrument Structure (IRIS) communicates with the spacecraft bus together as one observatory,” an ISRO official said.
ISRO planned two uncrewed missions prior to the Gaganyaan manned spaceflight (crewed) mission. “We are preparing for (two) unmanned capsule missions early next year,” an ISRO official said. The objective of the Gaganyaan mission is to demonstrate the capability of an Indian launch vehicle for manned space missions to low Earth orbit. The track module consists of a crew module and a service module.
The crew compartment is a pressurized compartment that serves as the crew’s living quarters. The orbital module will run in a circular orbit about 400 kilometers around the earth for 1 to 3 days, and the manned module will return to the designated position on the sea.
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