7 Upcoming Missions of ISRO that draws global attention! 

With back-to-back triumphs of ISRO, all eyes are on India’s upcoming space missions. Let’s a have look at them.

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X-ray Polarimeter Satellite(2023)

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NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR)-(2024)

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Mangalyaan 2-(2024)

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Gaganyaan-1 (2025)

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Gaganyaan-2 (2027)

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Gaganyaan-3

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AstroSat-2

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