Samudrayaan Project: Exploring the Deep Ocean
Samudrayaan Project: Exploring the Deep Ocean About the Samudrayaan Project The Samudrayaan Project is an ambitious deep-sea exploration initiative launched under India’s Deep Ocean Mission (DOM) by the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) . It aims to enhance India's efforts in exploring and utilizing deep-sea resources. Key Highlights: Launched Under DOM: The Deep Ocean Mission is a Central Sector Scheme aimed at promoting the Blue Economy by focusing on deep ocean surveys, exploration, and deep-sea mining. Goal: The project aims to send three personnel to a depth of 6,000 meters in a deep-sea submersible called Matsya-6000 to explore deep-sea resources, including minerals and rare-earth elements. Tenure: The project will run for 5 years , from 2020-2021 to 2025-2026 . About Matsya-6000 Matsya-6000 is a 4th Generation Deep Ocean Human Submersible developed indigenously for deep-sea exploration. Its wet testing (testing the vehicle in controlled underwater conditions) was succ...