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29/07/22 13:25 PM IST

Samudrayaan Mission

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  • Samudrayaan Mission is aimed 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.
Features of the Mission 
  • It is India’s first unique manned ocean mission that aims to send men into the deep sea in a submersible vehicle for deep-ocean exploration and mining of rare minerals.
  • It will send three persons in a manned submersible vehicle MATSYA 6000 to a depth of 6000 metres into the sea for deep underwater studies.
  • Submarines go only about 200 metres.
  • It is a part of the Rs 6000-crores Deep Ocean Mission.
  • The projected timeline is five years for the period 2020-2021 to 2025-2026.
Deep Ocean Mission
  • It was approved in June 2021 by the (MoES). It 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.
  • The cost of the Mission has been estimated at Rs. 4,077 crore over a five-year period and will be implemented in phases.
NIOT 
  • 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 deep sea.
Source- PIB 

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