Chandrayaan: This mission of ISRO will be 3 to 14 times more expensive, Covid delayed it

This mission was announced 5 years ago. Which was to be launched in the year 2022, but due to the Covid epidemic, it could not be done on time and was postponed to 2024. The special thing is that this mission is 14 times more expensive than the Chandrayaan mission.

After the success of Chandrayaan 3, the eyes of the whole world are towards India. ISRO now has its eyes on many future missions. Be it Mangalyaan 2, or launching Nisar satellite. Shukrayaan 1 and Samudrayaan are also included in the list. But the name of the mission we are going to talk about today is Gaganyaan. Which is likely to be launched in 2024. This mission was announced 5 years ago. Which was to be launched in the year 2022, but due to the Covid epidemic, it could not be done on time and was postponed to 2024. The special thing is that this mission is 14 times more expensive than the Chandrayaan mission. Let us also tell you what is Gaganyaan Mission? What is the estimated budget of this mission? Which companies are engaged in making this mission successful?

The announcement was made five years ago

It is expected that ISRO will launch its Gaganyaan mission in 2024. This will be the first Indian space mission to take astronauts to space. Gaganyaan was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his Independence Day speech in 2018. The Gaganyaan mission was to be launched in 2022, but it was delayed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Now there is a possibility of launching this mission in the year 2024. Ever since Chandrayaan 3 mission has been successful. Work on Gaganyaan mission has started at a rapid pace. According to experts, ISRO and all the companies associated with this mission are busy in making it successful.

Almost 14 times more expensive than Chandrayaan 3 mission

It is being estimated that the Gaganyaan mission is going to be much more expensive than the Chandrayaan 3 mission. According to estimates, Gaganyaan mission could be 14 times more expensive than Chandrayaan 3. According to the report of Times Now, according to an estimate, the Gaganyaan Mission is going to be built at a cost of around Rs 9023 crore. Whereas Rs 650 crore was spent in the mission of Chandrayaan 3. Whereas the Mangalyaan mission was launched in the year 2013, its cost was only Rs 450 crore. While giving information to Outlook, Dr. Alok Kumar of Indian Institute of Science i.e. IISc, Bengaluru said that his laboratory is making biological payload for the flight, which is currently reviewed by ISRO.

These agencies have cooperation in Gaganyaan mission

Apart from the Indian Armed Forces, Defense Research Development Organization i.e. DRDO is also involved in this mission. Indian maritime agencies like Indian Navy, Indian Coast Guard, Indian Shipping Corporation, National Institute of Oceanography, National Institute of Ocean Technology have also been included in this mission. Apart from these, Indian Meteorological Department and CSIR Labs have also been included.

Private companies also cooperated

On the other hand, cooperation of big private companies of the country is also being seen in Gaganyaan Mission. According to many media reports, the names of Larsen & Toubro, Tata Eleksi are also included in the Gaganyaan mission. The contribution of Larsen and Toubro was seen in Chandrayaan 3. After that, the contribution of the same company was also seen in Aditya EL1. There are many such startups which have contributed to the Gaganyaan Mission.