ISRO’s upcoming missions in 2024

With an aim to study high-energy cosmic X-rays from celestial objects like pulsars, black holes, and more, ISRO launched XPoSat successfully on January 1, 2024.

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ISRO Chairman S Somanath has declared 2024 as the "year for Gaganyaan". Expected to blast off in February 2024, this mission will have three crew members.

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Mangalyaan 2 The Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM 2)sequel is expected to launch sometime in 2024 or 2025.

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Shukrayaan 1 or Venus Orbiter Mission will be India’s first mission to Venus. Expected to launch in December 2024 or 2025, this space mission aims to study the planet’s atmosphere, composition, and surface.

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In collaboration with NASA, ISRO will launch the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar or NISAR satellite in space in January 2024.

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INSAT-3DS will replace the aging INSAT-3D satellite, currently providing crucial data for weather forecasting, flood and cyclone early warnings, and agricultural monitoring.

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Expected to lift off in January 2024, ISRO's X-ray Polarimeter Satellite (XPoSat) aims to study polarization in high-energy X-rays emitted by black holes, pulsars, active galactic nuclei, and non-thermal supernova remnant.

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