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SPACE MISSIONS

SPACE MISSIONS

 Aditya-L1

 Aditya-L1

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L1 stands for Lagrange point 1. L1 is 1.5 million miles from earth. 

This Mission is going to be launched in first few months of 2023

Aditya L1 is lunched and placed in halo orbit of L1 of the Sun-Earth System.

A satellite around the L1 point has the major advantage of continuously viewing the Sun.

It India's First mission to study the Sun

Chandrayaan-3

Chandrayaan-3

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This mission will continue all the research and observation of Chandrayaan 2 

Chandrayaan 3 will attempt a safe landing and roving on lunar surface

Chandrayaan 3 will have a lander and rover, but will not have a Orbiter

It is a follow up mission to Chandrayaan 2

Gaganyaan

Gaganyaan

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This mission will take 3 astronauts to a orbit of 400 Km for 3 days

After the orbit it will land in Indian Sea Waters

It is set to launch in the fourth quarter of 2024.

It was originally going to be launched in 2020, but got delayed due to Covid pandemic

JUICE mission

JUICE mission

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JUICE will enter the orbit of Jupiter on 2031

JUICE will make observation of 3 ocean bearing moons of Jupiter. Ganymede, Europa and Callisto

European Space Agency will send their Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer, (JUICE) in April of 2023

OSIRIS-Rex mission

OSIRIS-Rex mission

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It was launched in 2016 and reached Bennu in 2018.

Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer. (OSIRIS-Rex)

The missions objective was to collect 59.5 grams of samples from near earth orbit from asteroid Bennu

After collecting sample from Bennu it started on return journey on 2021 and will reach earth on 2023

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