ISRO head unveils new timeline for major missions
The head of India’s space agency ISRO, S. Somanath, yesterday unveiled a new timeline for several of that nation’s major missions, both manned and unmanned.
The new timeline is as follows:
- 2025: NISAR: a joint Indian-American radar orbiter, long delayed
- 2026: Gaganyaan-1, India’s first manned orbital mission
- 2028: Chandrayaan-4, an unmanned sample return mission to the Moon
- 2028: Chandrayaan-5, a joint lander-rover to the Moon
The last project will be done in partnership with Japan, with India building the lander and Japan the rover.
2028 will be a very busy year for India in space. The Indian government had previously announced that ISRO would launch in 2028 the first module of its space station as well as a Venus orbiter.
The head of India’s space agency ISRO, S. Somanath, yesterday unveiled a new timeline for several of that nation’s major missions, both manned and unmanned.
The new timeline is as follows:
- 2025: NISAR: a joint Indian-American radar orbiter, long delayed
- 2026: Gaganyaan-1, India’s first manned orbital mission
- 2028: Chandrayaan-4, an unmanned sample return mission to the Moon
- 2028: Chandrayaan-5, a joint lander-rover to the Moon
The last project will be done in partnership with Japan, with India building the lander and Japan the rover.
2028 will be a very busy year for India in space. The Indian government had previously announced that ISRO would launch in 2028 the first module of its space station as well as a Venus orbiter.