THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: After a quick hiatus throughout the Covid interval, ISRO is now on the again of steady achievements in area. Chandrayaan 3, which was launched on July 14 below the management of Chairman S. Somanath, landed on the South Pole of the moon on August 23. This was adopted by Aditya L1’s launch yesterday. The Gaganyaan take a look at was additionally introduced for October. Gaganyaan’s Crew Module Escape system will probably be examined in mid-October. After that, there are launches like Nisar, Exposat and Insat 3DS in collaboration with NASA.

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Aditya was launched yesterday utilizing XL, a modified model of the PSLV rocket used to launch Chandrayaan 1 and Mangalyaan. This additionally marked the twenty fifth launch of this rocket. The rocket was constructed at VSSC, Thiruvananthapuram below the management of Director Dr. Unnikrishnan Nair.

Somnath, who assumed the submit of ISRO chief in January final yr, courageously undertook the Chandrayaan-3, Gaganyaan and Aditya L-1 missions.

S Somnath is the third Malayali after Dr G Madhavan Nair and Dr Ok Radhakrishnan to go the Indian Space Research Organisation.

Somnath, a local of Aroor, Alappuzha, studied at TKM Engineering College, Kollam. He is an knowledgeable in rocket design and expertise.