There are two exciting new pieces of news related to the space sector. First, the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is embarking on a bunch of new missions. The second news is that an Indian private company is planning to launch a space tourism project. Namely, an Indian company is poised to emulate new Twitter boss Elon Musk’s famous venture SpaceX.
∙ ISRO- Japan collaboration
Japan PTI reports that while speaking at the conference on Akash Tatva, he spoke about ISRO’s future programs including this matter. The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) will collaborate with ISRO in the new lunar mission.
The dark side of the moon
the Moon ISRO and JAXA are collaborating to travel to the permanent dark side of the Moon for data collection. A lunar rover will be jointly sent by both organizations for this purpose. According to the discussions held so far, the lunar lander and rover manufactured by ISRO will be delivered to space by a Japanese rocket. It will land on the South Pole of the Moon. From there, the rover will travel to the Moon’s permanent shadow region (PSR). Anil explained that the sun never shines here.
The Aditya L-1
∙The Aditya L-1 mission scheduled early 2020 for The 400 kg satellite will carry the Visible Emission Line Coronagraph (VELC) payload. The plan is to study the Sun from the Lagrangian point one between the Earth and the Sun. The specialty of L-1 point is that the sun can be seen all the time without interruption. Therefore, India’s solar mission is now known as Aditya-L1. L-1 is 15 lakh km from Earth. The mission will carry six payloads for detailed studies.
Aditya’s main focus is the study of the Sun’s outer rings (corona). The temperature there is higher than the photosphere, the center of the Sun. How it reached such a high temperature is still one of the unanswered questions. Apart from this, observations of the sun’s photosphere and chromosphere are also targets of Aditya. Aditya also has instruments to study particles coming from the Sun and arriving at L-1. The payload will also include a magnetometer to measure the strength of the magnetic field in the vacuum orbit around L1.
Chandrayaan-3 and Aditya-L1 are also important
will be the most important missions of ISRO from next Behind this, ISRO considers the lunar mission in collaboration with JAXA and the mission to Venus to be important. The success of Chandrayaan-3 is a very significant one. If this is successful, ISRO believes that the same rover can be used for the mission with JAXA.
Indian company to emulate Blue Origin
Indian company plans to use high- (high above sea level) balloon system to lift spacecraft to mimic Blue Origin,altitude Inspired by Elon Musk’s SpaceX, Mumbai-based Space Aura Aerospace Technology Pvt Ltd has built a prototype of a spacecraft. (Meanwhile, the most successful companies in space tourism so far are Virgin Atlantic and Amazon’s Blue Origin.) The Indian company’s space capsule will be 10 x 8 feet in size. Apart from the pilot, up to six people can travel in this.
∙ Maximum 35 km
meansAt this height, there is no experience of what would happen if the Earth’s gravity was removed. However, the company has showcased the prototype of the space capsule it plans to use at the Akash Tattva Science Exhibition, PTI said. The capsule is named SKAP-1. It caught the attention of scientists and the public. Akash Porwal, head of Space Ora, said that the maiden launch of SKAP-1 is planned for 2025.
∙ For help, ISRO and TIFER
of Space Aura ISRO and Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFER) to achieve their goals. However, the company plans to raise the capsule to about 30-35 km above sea level by attaching it to a balloon filled with helium or hydrogen. Even at this height, the curvature of the earth can be seen. Also you can see the black color of the space. Space tourists will be able to travel in the capsule for about 1 hour.
Bringdown using Parachute
When the parachute reaches the intended height And the parachutes will open to support the spaceship. At one point the connection with the balloons will be cut off. The company says it will then land the space tourists safely.
The Intention is to attract Space Tourists to India
The company says it offers a lower cost than BlueOrigin and Virgin Atlantic. How much less will you get? It is not clear now. However, the company says that an investment of Rs 50 lakh will be sufficient.