- The name of ISRO’s first Venus Mission is ‘Shukrayaan-1’.
- ISRO will be launching this mission with participation of French Space Agency CNES and Swedish Institute of Space Physics (IRF).
- Venus Mission will be launched to study atmospheric chemistry, compositional variations and dynamics of Venus planet. Through this mission , planet Venus will be explored through satellite instrument VNA (Venusian Neutrals Analyzer).
- To launch this mission, ISRO has selected VIRAL (Venus Infrared Atmospheric Gases Linker), which is an instrument co-developed with Roscosmos , Russia’s federal space agency and the LATMOS (Atmospheres, Milieux, Observations Spatiales Labrotor) which will be attached to the CNRS.
- Static Part:
- HQ of ISRO: Bengaluru
- Chairman of ISRO: K Sivan
Question:
Q.1 By which year ISRO to launch its first Venus mission‘Shukrayaan-1’?
a. 2023
b. 2024
c. 2025
a. 2023
b. 2024
c. 2025
d. 2026
