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After Mars, Isro eyes Venus for next exploration mission

Hindustan Times | ByVanita Srivastava, New Delhi
Feb 12, 2017 03:42 PM IST

After the successful launch of its Mars orbiter, the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) is now viewing Venus as possibly the next planet it can study and explore.

After the successful launch of its Mars orbiter, the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) is now viewing Venus as possibly the next planet it can study and explore.

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“Besides the Mars-2 mission, we are looking at Venus and even an asteroid for exploration. A project has to be formulated for this before we chart out a proper roadmap for the explorations. Venus is our neighbour and has many scientific challenges and aspects that need to be studied. Exploring an asteroid is also challenging task,” Dr Kiran Kumar, Isro chairman, told HT.

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In 2014, India created history in space when its Mars orbiter slipped into the Red Planet’s orbit in its maiden attempt.

India became the first Asian country to reach Mars and the first in the world to enter the orbit of the planet in its first attempt.

Regarding the Saarc satellite, Dr Kumar said that it would be launched before December 2016. “The activities related to this project are in progress and we should begin building the satellite soon.”

Moving beyond satellite launches and planetary explorations, Isro is also aggressively working with many government departments on optimising the usage of space tools and data.

A national meet on space is likely to be held in Delhi next month, where ministries and departments of the government will give presentations on how they are using space tools in their workings. From civil aviation to railways, tribal affairs to health, postal to agriculture the number of government departments working with Isro has increased to more than 60 in the past few months.

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