Bikini Spacecraft / ISRO will now create a new history by launching 'Bikini', know what is the complete plan

Bikini Spacecraft: Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) will launch Bikini Spacecraft next year. The weight of this spacecraft is 40 kg. This spacecraft is a miniature version of the larger reusable re-entry module Nix. This re-entry vehicle of European startup The Exploration Company will be sent to space for a special purpose. It will be released after taking it to a height of 120 to 140 kilometers. Know what is ISRO's new Bikini Mission, why it is being launched, what information can be obtained from it.

The Exploration Company 🇺🇸 who are developing an orbital vehicle "Nyx", have partnered up with ISRO 🇮🇳 to launch a 40 kg re-entry demonstrator vehicle "Bikini" on a PSLV rocket in January 2024!! #ISRO pic.twitter.com/NQGHDWeSwy

— ISRO Spaceflight (@ISROSpaceflight) September 15, 2023

What is Mission Bikini?

European space startup The Exploration Company is working on new possibilities in space. European startup wants to arrange delivery in space. This mission will be launched in January next year. If this mission was successful, it would pave the way for commercial flight in space. If understood in simple language, it will be easy to deliver goods to space. The success of the mission will open the way for cheap delivery in space.

The information and data that will be obtained through this mission will help in developing re-entry and recovery technology.

How will the mission be accomplished?

European Spacecraft Bikini will be launched from ISRO's PSLV rocket. ISRO's rocket will take the European spacecraft to 500 kilometers above the earth and release it from there. After this it will return towards the earth. During the return to Earth, scientists will conduct many types of investigations and investigations. When it crosses the atmosphere it will fall into the sea. With this mission, scientists will be able to understand how many challenges there are in taking anything to space.

This is how ISRO got this mission

With this mission, India's prestige will once again increase in the world. Actually, earlier the responsibility of this mission was to be given to the European company Ariane Space, but the Indian NewSpace company was successful in achieving it. Actually, the rocket of Ariane Space with which the Bikini spacecraft was to be launched was getting delayed. Therefore ISRO got the responsibility of launching it.

How will the mission work?

The fourth stage of PSLV rocket i.e. PS4 will be used for the mission. PS4 performs many experiments while revolving around the Earth. Bikini Spacecraft will be installed on top of PS4. In this way the success rate of the mission will be higher.

Bikini spacecraft does not have its own propulsion system, so it will be launched into space with the help of PS4. After reaching a certain height, this PS4 will separate from this spacecraft. In this way, this spacecraft will spend some time in space and then pass through the atmosphere and fall into the ocean on Earth.