From Gaganyaan to Mangalyaan 2, ISRO's space plans to look forward to; Details here

ISRO has slated 36 missions for next two years. Here are a few missions to look forward to in next couple of years:

1. GEO IMAGING SATELLITE (GISAT-1):

launch of India's first Geo Imaging Satellite-1 (GISAT-1) which was initially supposed to launch on March 4 this year has been pushed to a later date due to a last-minute technical glitch. 

2. NAVIGATION SATELLITE WITH INDIGEUS ATOMIC CLOCKS AND INDIAN DATA RELAY SATELLITE SYSTEM (IDRSS):

ISRO is preparing for launch of satellites under series called Indian Data Relay Satellite System with which it can track and be constantly in touch with Indian satellites

3. GSAT-20 SATELLITE WITH ELECTRIC PROPULSION:

GSAT-20 is an Indian geostationary Ka-band high-throughput communications satellite built on I-6K unified modular bus which is scheduled for launch on July 31, 2020. It will be first fully Electric Propulsion-enabled satellite which can be five to six times more efficient than chemical-based propulsion. 

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4. ADITYA L1 MISSION:

ISRO is also working on Aditya-L1 mission which is a mission planned probe to study Sun's corona and its atmosphere and it is expected to be launched in 2019-2020. 

5. GAGANYAAN MISSION:

Gaganyan mission at a budget of Rs.10,000 crores is India’s biggest mission in which ISRO will attempt to send astronauts to in December 2021 before 75th anniversary of India's Independence in 2022. In early July, Minister for Dr. Jitendra Singh assured that mission would t be impacted by COVID-19 after training of four Indian astronauts in Russia had to be halted. 

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6. CHANDRAYAAN 3 EXPECTED WITH JAPANESE COLLABORATION:

Around 2024, India’s 3rd Lunar Mission in collaboration with Japan Aero Exploration ncy aiming to bring soil and rock samples from south pole of moon back on earth.

7. MANGALYAAN 2:

ISRO is also working on India’s second mission to Mars, Mangalyaan 2, which will use aerobraking to lower its initial apoapsis and enter into an orbit more suitable for observation and mission is expected to be completed between 2022 and 2023.

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