Samudrayaan Mission by 2025 End

Source: ToI
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India should be able to send its scientists to study the deep ocean 6 km under the sea surface in its own Samudrayaan by the end of next year 2025.

India’s deep-ocean submersible Matsya6000, which will take humans up to a depth of 6,000 meters under the sea, was “well on course” and could be tested by the “end of this year”
Mission to go up to around 6,000 meters, 6 km deep inside the ocean, where even light cannot reach.
The project and scientists should be able to carry out the first shallow-water testing by the end of this year.
So far, countries such as the US, Russia, China, France and Japan have carried out successful deep-ocean crewed missions.

About Samudrayaan Mission

Samudrayaan Mission aims to develop a self-propelled manned submersible to carry 3 human beings to a water depth of 6000 meters in the ocean with a suite of scientific sensors and tools for deep ocean exploration.
It is a part of the Rs 6000-crore Deep Ocean Mission.
It has an endurance of 12 hours of operational period and 96 hours in case of emergency.
The projected timeline is five years for the period 2020-2021 to 2025-2026.
National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT), Chennai, an autonomous institute under MoES, has developed 6000m depth rated Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) and various other underwater instruments such as Autonomous Coring System (ACS), Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) and Deep Sea Mining System (DSM) for the exploration of the deep sea.
Sea trials of the 500-metre shallow water version of the manned submersible are expected to take place in the last quarter of 2022.
The MATSYA 6000, the deep-water manned submersible will be ready for trials by the second quarter of 2024.

The manned submersible will allow scientific personnel to observe and understand unexplored deep sea areas by direct interventions.
It will enhance the capability for deep-sea man-rated vehicle development.
Aims to send men into the deep sea in a submersible vehicle for deep-ocean exploration and mining of rare minerals.

Aims to explore the deep ocean for resources, develop deep-sea technologies for sustainable use of ocean resources, and support the Blue Economy Initiatives of the Indian Government.
It was approved in June 2021 by the MoES with the cost of the Mission has been estimated at Rs. 4,077 crore.

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