Chennai: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will embark on a
ground making mission by deploying a record 24 scientific experiments into space aboard
the PSLV Orbital Experiment Module-4 (POEM-4) under the PSLV-C60 space docking
demonstration SpaDeX mission, which is likely to take place from SHAR Range, Sriharikota,
on December 30.
ISRO on Sunday said PSLV-C60 SpaDeX mission is the fourth POEM Mission (in short POEM-4)
in the series.
A total of 24 payloads will be flown in this POEM-4 mission, of which 14 payloads are from ISRO/DOS centres and 10 payloads are from various Non-Government Entities (NGEs)
comprising Academia and Start-ups that have been received through IN-SPACe.
This is a significant three-fold increase in the capacity of POEM as compared with the previous POEM-3 platform, wherein it had hosted only eight payloads.
PS4-Orbital Experiment Module, designated as POEM, refers to the usage of the spent fourth
stage of the PSLV.
It provides an opportunity for the scientific community to carry out certain in-orbit microgravity experiments for an extended duration of up to three months using the POEM platform, which otherwise would end up as space debris immediately after the mission objective of injecting the primary payloads of the mission.
Such experimental payloads serve as precursor experiments to validate various proof-of-concept
and enabling technologies for future missions.
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