ISRO announces next deep-space mission timeline

ISRO outlined the timeline for its next deep-space mission, continuing India's expanding programme in planetary and solar exploration. Space missions are a recurring Science & Technology topic in prelims and interviews.

• • Chandrayaan-3 achieved a soft landing near the lunar south pole.
• • Aditya-L1 is India's solar observatory at the Sun-Earth point L1.
• • PSLV, GSLV and LVM3 are ISRO's main launch vehicles.
• • LVM3 is the heavy-lift vehicle used for Chandrayaan-3 and planned for Gaganyaan.

Lagrange point

A position where the gravity of two large bodies lets a small object stay relatively fixed.

LVM3

Launch Vehicle Mark-3 — ISRO's heavy-lift rocket.

Gaganyaan

India's planned first crewed spaceflight mission.

• Q. Aditya-L1 is placed at which Lagrange point? (L1.)
• Q. Which launch vehicle carried Chandrayaan-3? (LVM3.)

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• ↗ Department of Space annual report