CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -The Indian Space Research Organisation has carried out 116 spacecraft missions, 86 launch missions and planned several missions including the Aditya, Gaganyaan and MOM 2.

Detailed explanation-2: -ISRO’s final launch of the calendar year 2022 was the PSLV C54, which carried India’s OceanSat or EOS-06 and a passenger satellite known as BhutanSat. This mission also carried satellites built by Indian start-ups and foreign customers.

Detailed explanation-3: -ISRO’s Chandrayaan-3 mission will be a follow up to the Chandrayaan-2 mission, which failed to achieve a soft landing on the Moon. Just like Chandrayaan-2, Chandrayaan-3 will carry a lunar lander and a lunar rover to Earth’s lone natural satellite.