(GIST OF SCIENCE REPORTER) SAMUDRAYAAN: MATSYA-6000

(MARCH-2025)

SAMUDRAYAAN: MATSYA-6000

Matsya-6000, the submersible vehicle set to transport three Indians into the deep sea in 2026, has successfully completed wet tests and facilitated multiple manned dives in the Bay of Bengal.

Samudrayaan Mission

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.
The manned submersible will allow scientific personnel to observe and understand unexplored deep-sea areas by direct interventions. Further, it will enhance the capability for deep sea man-rated vehicle development.
The projected timeline is five years for the period 2020-2021 to 2025-2026.
Samudrayaan mission is aimed at sending three personnel to 6000-metre depth in a vehicle called ‘MATSYA 6000’ for the exploration of deep-sea resources like minerals.
Samudrayaan is a project under the Deep Ocean Mission.
Deep Ocean Mission has been launched w.e.f. 07.09.2021, as a Central Sector Scheme of the Ministry of Earth Sciences.Matsya-6000: India’s Fourth-Generation Deep-Ocean Submersible
It is designed and developed by National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT), Chennai under Ministry of Earth Sciences.
The manned submersible Matsya 6000 is likely to be realised by 2026.
Made of 80mm-thick titanium alloy, it will be able to withstand a pressure 600 times greater than that at sea level.