5 ISRO space missions by 2025! Know launch timelines and how much they cost

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The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) had to halt its space missions in the past two years due to the pandemic. But now, it is gearing up to explore space and learn more about celestial bodies and space phenomenons. After gaining recognition from the global astronomical communities with its Chandrayaan and Mars missions, now ISRO will be launching five space missions by the year 2025. The next three years are set to be exciting for Indian astronomy enthusiasts as ISRO creates new milestones in the space frontier. Read on to know the details of these missions, launch timelines and the cost it will take to build each project.

According to a report by WION, minister Dr. Jitendra Singh revealed in the lower house of the Parliament that India will be performing five separate space missions, all of which would have been launched by 2025. It should be noted that ISRO missions are categorized in three categories: Indian strategic missions where the space agency helps the nation build communication, radar and defense infrastructure, commercial missions where it lets private players and other countries use its launch vehicles to deploy satellites and scientific research missions where ISRO aims to gain more knowledge of space and the universe around us. The five proposed missions are all part of the third category.

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Aditya-L1 will be an Indian satellite mission that will study the Corona (the outer layers) of the Sun and the various phenomena surrounding it. It will take around Rs. 378.53 crores to build the project and is expected to take off during the first quarter of 2023. Chandrayaan-3 will be ISRO's third lunar mission and it will be aiming to make the second landing on the Moon. The project