Minister of State for Science and Technology Jitendra Singh said that India will send three of its scientists to a depth of 5,000 meters in the sea in 2024 for its first deep-sea manned mission. Singh had launched Mission Samudrayaan in Chennai on October 29 this year, which is said to be India’s first manned deep-sea mission and would see India joining a handful of countries such as China, Russia, Japan, France and the United States. will help. Submarines are vehicles that enable them to carry out subsea activities. The National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) will undertake the Samudrayan which is a part of the Deep Ocean Mission with a total budget of Rs 4,077 crore for five years.
The initial design of Matsya 6000, the submarine vehicle, has been completed with the help of organizations like ISRO, IITM and DRDO, which were involved for the development of the vehicle. The vehicle is expected to be ready for testing by the second quarter of 2024 and sea trials of its 500m rated shallow version are expected in the last quarter of 2022.
“This niche technology will facilitate the Ministry of Earth Sciences, MoES to conduct deep-sea exploration of non-living resources such as polymetallic manganese nodules, gas hydrates, hydro-thermal sulfides and cobalt crusts located at depths of 1000 and 5500 m. According to a PIB press release, Singh said.
The indigenously built vehicle has the capability to carry three people in a titanium sphere of 2.1 m diameter for twelve hours, with a support emergency endurance of twenty six hours. The depth capability of the fish is 6000 meters while the manned submarine built by Fendozhe, China, has a depth of about 11,000 metres.
Besides this, ISRO is also set to launch “Gaganyaan” in 2023, which is India’s first manned space mission to send humans into low Earth orbit. After this, India will become the fourth country to do so after the US, China and Russia, who had previously sent humans into space.
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