India has launched its first manned ocean mission, ‘Samudrayan’, joining six other nations engaged in exploring the ocean depths for studies and research. While launching the mission on Friday, Union minister Jitendra Singh said India has made huge progress in science and technology and when an Indian goes up into space as part of the Gaganyaan programme, another would dive deep into the ocean.
"Launched India’s First Manned Ocean Mission #Samudrayan at #Chennai. India joins elite club of select nations USA, Russia, Japan,France & China having such underwater vehicles.A new chapter opens to explore ocean resources for drinking water, clean energy & blue economy,” Singh tweeted.
Here’s all about Samudrayan:
1. Undertaken by the National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT), the Samudrayan project will be a part of the 6,000 crore Deep Ocean Mission.
2. The Matsya 6000, the deep-sea vehicle under the Samudrayan initiative, is designed to carry three people in a titanium alloy personnel sphere of 2.1-metre diameter enclosed space.
3. It will have an endurance of 12 hours and an additional 96 hours in case of an emergency situation.
4. It could work at a depth between 1000 and 5500 meters.
5. The niche technology facilitates carrying out deep ocean exploration of non-living resources such as polymetallic manganese nodules, gas hydrates, hydro-thermal sulphides and cobalt crusts.
6. According to a NIOT official, Matsya 6000 will be ready for qualification trials by...
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