Mangalyaan-2: PM Narendra Modi Urges ISRO to focus on Mars missions 

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 Mangalyaan-2 mission is now making progress and payloads are in different stages of development. However, in a meeting with ISRO, PM Narendra Modi urged that it focus on the Venus and Mars mission

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As of now, the Indian space agency is working on several new projects and Mangalyaan-2 is one of them.

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ISRO is working on a second Mars Orbiter Mission that has been dubbed as Mangalyaan-2 mission, which will study the environment and atmosphere of the red planet.

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The mission will have four payloads, each with different functionalities and tasks. The details about the Mars mission are yet to be announced by ISRO.

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ISRO yesterday had a high-level meeting with PM Modi to evaluate the progress of the Gaganyaan mission. During the meeting, PM provided various plans including conducting a Mars lander mission. 

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Even as it is working on the Mangalyaan-2 mission, ISRO may soon outline the plan to develop a Mars lander that will explore the surface.

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As the development of the payload progresses, we might soon get detailed mission objectives and plans for how the mission will be conducted.

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For now, ISRO has been silent about the Mars mission. All we know about the mission till now is that it will consist of MODEX, RO, EIS, and LPEX.

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Within these payloads are scientific instruments tailored to explore the characteristics of the Red Planet.

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

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ISRO is also planning for another Mars mission that will focus on developing a rover to explore Mars.