Mangalyaan-2 mission: New ISRO mission to Mars will explore the mysteries of its atmosphere

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 After tremendous success with some major space exploration space missions, ISRO has planned various other missions including the Mangalyaan-2 mission, which is expected to be launched in the coming years. 

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ISRO first explored the Red Planet nine years back. The mission was known as Mars Orbiter Mission, which aimed to enter the planet’s orbit.

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Now, the Indian space agency is preparing for the Mars Orbiter Mission-2, which will consist of advanced payloads and technology to study the planet’s environment and atmosphere.

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The information available about the mission is now sparse, but according to reports, Mangalyaan-2 will carry four payloads that will collect the data on Mars.

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The payloads are named as Mars Orbit Dust Experiment (MODEX), a Radio Occultation (RO) experiment, an Energetic Ion Spectrometer (EIS), and a Langmuir Probe and Electric Field Experiment (LPEX).

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The payloads are essential to the mission to unravel the mysteries of Mars, each collecting different data to help us understand this planet better.

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The payloads are now in the development stage and it is expected that ISRO will soon share more details about the mission.

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The Indian Space Agency has not officially disclosed the Mangalyaan-2 mission and its objectives.

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Furthermore, the Mangalyaan-2 mission will study interplanetary dust, and the Martian atmosphere and environment.

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Not only Mangalyaan-2 but ISRO is also planning a Venus mission which is called Shukrayaan Mission. 

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Chandrayaan-4 mission to the Moon is also under development in collaboration with the Japanese space agency JAXA.